Nuclear Weapons: Hope at Last

February 19, 2014 by IPB

Jim Mc Cluskey, author of The Nuclear Threat, published today an article about the recent development in nuclear disarmament.

From the article:

“Citizens of the world have simultaneously become aware that the nuclear states do not intend to get rid of their nuclear weapons and that their existence imposes a permanent and intolerable threat to us all. The existence of nuclear weapons means they could be used by accident, by misunderstanding or by malicious intent. How can we ever be sure that some deranged psychopath will not gain power in one of the nuclear states and deceive him/herself into believing that it is in their best interests to make a first strike? How can we ever be sure that some terrorist organisations will not hack into the electronic control systems and carry out the launching themselves? […]

The only remedy is an enforced world ban on the existence of nuclear weapons. The other weapons of mass destruction have already been banned. It is the turn of the last and most destructive of them all.

And finally there is hope. The huge burgeoning of awareness in the citizens of the world is bearing fruit.”

Read the full article here.

For more information about the civil sociery efforts in banning nuclear weapons, please refer to the International Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons ICAN.