Non-Proliferation Treaty in Quagmire

NEW YORK, NY -- At the United Nations today, it appeared that the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (or NPT) was running into trouble. Delegations from almost 190 countries are meeting to discuss the NPT, but it seems there are problems agreeing on an agenda.

As one might assume, Kofi Annan (Secretary General of the U.N.) and Mohammed ElBaradei (Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency - or IAEA), want to discuss the lack of progress by the United States toward nuclear disarmament. President George W. Bush on the other hand, wants to discuss the threats of impending nuclear capabilities in rogue states such as Iran and North Korea, considering for example that North Korea has withdrawn from the NPT.

"Unless all states, recognize that disarmament, like nonproliferation, requires action from everyone, the goal of general and complete disarmament will remain a distant dream," Annan told the delegates. George Bush was overheard to suggest that a nuclear attack on the U.N. building by terrorists using weapons obtained from a rogue state would pretty much make these important discussions on the agenda issue a moot point.