Its a Start...

The U.S. today apparently decided to cease funding for the development of back-pack nukes according to the BBC.

Its alright to call everyone else on even the slightest hint of nuclear arms development, impose sanctions against them, and threaten to attack them if their actions don't fit with the visions of the big guy. Yet, millions per year go towards funding their own weapons of the same destructive energy. Millions per year for too many years that, just for the sake of simple analogy, could have easily been diverted to levee construction everywhere in hurricane alley. Clearly there are numerous other programs both domestic and international that the U.S. could have better spent that money on, but instead it goes to flexing the military might. Military might so shocking, and awe inspiring that 2 and a half years later, Iraqi militants are still so bewildered that they continue to strike randomly at the occupant military, and other political and religious sects in the nation.

It should have been quite apparent right from the start that a big military presence wasn't going to be met by an equally large military in some large battlefield, with the mess to be mopped up later. Battles like that haven't taken place since the World Wars, and for good reason, good commanders realized they were a waste, illogical, and for the most part meaningless. On top of that, those few nations that do have such a large military will obliterate one another with nukes before any large scale battle could ensue. The North Vietnamese demonstrated the effectiveness of guerilla tactics against a much larger enemy, and one would think there'd be a lesson learned. Instead, the posturing continues, and the big boys on the block belabor young nations about their nuclear intent, while continuing to do the same themselves. And sadly, instead of choosing this, smallest of opportunities, to lead by example, a main argument from within instead comes:

However, critics doubted whether the weapon could go deep enough to contain any fall-out.

As opposed to, "we will take a step to denuclearizing the world, and our own military, and hope that the rest of you will follow".