"Thirteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States still has not made sure that tens of thousands of Soviet nuclear warheads are safely locked away."

When did it become the responsibility of the US to deal with Russia's problems? If we intervened and it created a war I am sure you would be the first to cry that we should have stayed out of their business.

As for our leaders , they have been working with Russia and encouraging them to get a handle on this situation for many years. President Clinton and his representatives met on many occasions for discussions on this problem. President Bush prior to that and this administration has done the same. Sorry, your logic just doesn't hold water.

This is not just Russia's problem. The former Soviet Union includes numerous republics, and if terrorists got hold of nuclear weapons of material the problem would go well beyond a Russian problem.
How do you know I would be the first to cry anything. Do I know you? Do you know me?
Neither the Clinton or the Bush administration has spent enough on the "cooperative threat reduction" program for controlling the former Soviet arsenal.
What is your solution to this problem?
Please let your representatives know whatever it is.
Don't yell at me. Use your energy on those that can do something.

How does it become an American problem? I gave my solution. Let the Russians handle it. It is their problem. Why do I say that you would be the first to cry foul if it created a war? Because it is your type who always seek to make the US responsible for the worlds problems. I have met you at the gates of airports carrying protest signs claiming that we have no business in (pick a country that we have been involved with in the last 35 years). The type of people who demand that this country get involved in other countries affairs are the same ones who then critize this country when they do. I committed nearly half my life serving this country and I have seen all this before. So yes , I know you, personally no, but your kind, yes. Do you know me? Yes, I am the one who wore the uniform sent to do the dirty work you demanded and the one who you spit on when we did.
Oh, I never yell. I have found that speaking in a soft tone of voice causes people to pay more attention. So you write all you want. I just pick up the phone and call. They know I earned my right to do that.

To say this is Russia's problem is like saying Saddam was Iraq's problem. The USA ROCKS and as a result lots of people hate us. Sometimes we do have to send people like yourself into countries to protect ourselves! And believe it or not alot of us really do appreciate the sacrifice. And this from a card carying ACLU Liberal. I believe we do need to invest time and people to locating the missing nukes. Russia is OK however the nukes are all over USSR which no longer exists (thank God). All nukes in the world should be accounted for. For our sake, our troops sake, for the worlds sake. Mr. Produce, if anyone ever spits on you for what you've done rest assured I'll stand by you, give you a cloth to wipe it off, and then proceed to stomp on the offender :).

Thanks Brian S, but there is no need to stomp on those who would spit on you. I once was young , like you, and thought that "bustin their heads" would accomplish something. I have learned over the years that simply walking on with your head held high brings more reproach to them than a good stomping. I have learned that "a soft reply turns away wrath".
I will have to take exception with you on your first remark Brian S:"To say this is Russia's problem is like saying Saddam was Iraq's problem."
Comparing Russia's problem with the nukes and Saddam is apples and oranges. Saddam, unfortunately decided to thumb his nose at the entire world for over 12 years while killing citizens of his own country, invading other countries and daring anyone to do anything and once again going back to his nose thumbing even after continues warnings by the UN to cease and desist, hence today he is locked away and we are involved in a job that the UN wanted done but wasn't willing to carry out. Story has been the same for years on those folks Brian S.

Russia, on the other hand had all these nukes when it was the USSR and had them scattered all over the country which is now divided into several small regions and countries. They had no real control over them then except through the military and they don't control them today because of their lack of ability . It is still the responsibility of the Russians to gather up the bits and pieces of their nuke deposits and bring them under control.

They are not using them as a means of blackmailing or thumbing their nose at anyone like Saddam. They simply lost control.

It is not our responsibility to take control over their scattered nukes. If perhaps they would ask us and the other major powers to assist them in this endeavor I believe it would be a different story. However to place the blame for Russia's failure, as the writer of the original article stated, on the US is simply ludicrous. We should be more concerned with securing our boarders to insure that nothing like this will happen rather than spending money in Russia on their problem.

I appreciate your civil input into this discussion Brian S. You may be young but you are learning. ( I assume you are young by your use of words. Nothing wrong with that beleive me. I hear it all the time from my kids and grandkids)

I don't blame anyone and I don't spit on anyone. No matter how secure our borders there will still be ways in for those determined to do us harm. I'm just concerned about minimizing the harm. I want my children, yours and our grandchildren to be safe. By the way, my father, brothers, uncles and husband were in the military and I was once a military dependent. We're on the same side here.