Political Quotes

“on Sunday, October 1, 1995, France detonated a second nuclear bomb in the South Pacific, thumbing its nose at over 150 nations that have called for France to stop its reckless and irresponsible behavior. I find it deplorable that France, which exploded a 110 kiloton blast, seven times more destructive than the bomb that devastated Hiroshima, is again showing the world that, in the name of national interest, it is more than willing to reopen the global arms race while encouraging nuclear proliferation. Mr. Speaker, I also find it deplorable that while the United States has gone on record as opposing France's resumption of nuclear testing and called for its end, our Government may in fact be in complicity with French President Chirac's decision to explode eight more nuclear bombs in the South Pacific. On this subject, I would recommend to our colleagues and the public an excellent article in the New York Times, September 30, 1995, by Daniel Plesch and Simon Whitby of the British-American Security Information Council. Mr. Plesch and Whitby note the near universal condemnation of France's resurrection of the nuclear nightmare in the South Pacific, and that despite the outcry, the United States continues to support the tests by allowing France to fly its DC-8 supply planes across the United States on their way to the Pacific.”