We’re One Stroke of Pen Away From Nuclear War — Scott Ritter

Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, addresses the 71st meeting of the International Peace Coalition on October 11, 2024. Join the International Peace Coalition every Friday at 11am ET at Watch the full proceedings of the Oct 11 meeting here Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, promised to continue to “inject fear,” because, “The world is not a safer place than it was the last time I spoke.” If present policies continue, nuclear war is inevitable, he said. He then shocked the participants, saying that Iran is now a nuclear power. They have the technology required to make a simple nuclear weapon, and the Iranian parliament has recommended that Iran withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “Iran is putting the world on notice that it has nuclear-weapons capability.” He examined some of the implications of this development. Iran is now a member of BRICS—if Israel attacks, how will Russia respond? “Russia will have Iran’s back.” Ritter agreed with Zepp-LaRouche’s assessment that you can’t attack their facilities without using nuclear weapons, so candidate Trump is de facto encouraging Israel to launch a nuclear strike against Iran. The U.S. vote on Nov. 5 matters, but only if we can get candidates to “walk away” from the use of nuclear weapons. Zepp-LaRouche responded: “Scott, you succeeded to scare me to death.” Ritter clarified that Iran has not formally declared that it has a nuclear weapon, but if they withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they could develop a weapon in “less than a week.” He added that “This is a problem of Israel’s own making,” and “the last thing the U.S. wants is for Israel’s nuclear weapons to be discussed in the UN Security Council.” Ritter asked, why did the U.S. UN Ambassador reverse position on two UN resolutions regarding Gaza? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disregarded President Joe Biden’s advice, and now Biden is making him pay a price. But the U.S. seems to have lost the ability to pressure Israel.