While there have been talks over decades about nuclear disarmament, the truth has been that those countries that do have nuclear armaments capabilities do not want to disarm. So why do we want North Korea not to test for nuclear bombs? After all, they could argue that they would want to develop this capability for self-defence. Historically, they have not invaded any country so far. Let us remind ourselves of what Ronald Reagan said in his speech to the British Parliament on 8 June 1982, paragraph 15:
“There is, first, the threat of global war. No President, no Congress, no Prime Minister, no Parliament, can spend a day entirely free of this threat. And I don’t have to tell you that in today’s world, the existence of nuclear weapons could mean, if not the extinction of mankind, then surely the end of civilization as we know it. That is why negotiations in intermediate range nuclear forces now under way in Europe and the START talks—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks—which will begin later this month, are not just critical to American or Western policy; they are critical to mankind. Our commitment to early success in these negotiations is firm and unshakable and our purpose is clear: reducing the risk of war by reducing the means of waging war on both sides.” A Marshall Plan to uplift Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Palestine is needed rather than bombs for the sake of peach and justice.
Nagindas Khajuria
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