A laudable goal. To paraphrase the argument against banning handguns, “nuclear weapons don’t kill people, people making the decision to use nuclear weapons is what kills people.” Desire for nulcear weapons motivated by power, fear, insecurity, mistrust, and survival.
“In the final analysis, any contemplation of war must return to the nature of humanity, which yet stands as the root cause of war and the wellspring of History’s inestimable tragedy. Throughout time, governments, like wars, have both flowed from and reflected human nature in both positive and negative manifestation. If we are to overcome the massive violence that has typified modern civilization for five centuries, our ultimate challenge is nothing more or less than transforming the image we see in the mirror. That, however, is a task that lends itself to no purely political solution.” — Bruce Porter, War and the Rise of The State.
Leaders Seek Ban On Nuclear Weapons, (Philadelphia Inquirer)…Barry Schweid, Associated Press
A new international group committed to eliminating nuclear weapons over the next 25 years has enlisted scores of world leaders as its campaign gets under way at a conference in Paris on Tuesday.
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