Oh, No You Ahmadidn't!

War: it’s something that has kept the population down on our planet, and has taught new ways of how to slaughter each other in more and more deadly ways than we had previously though capable. Then there was the invention of the nuclear weapon. First the Americans developed their first one in 1945, dropped two on Japan, then the Soviets followed in 1949, followed by the United Kingdom and France in 1952 and 1960. Communist China felt out of the loop and wanted to join in by 1964, and then India and Pakistan built their own stockpile in 1974 and 1998 respectively. By 2006, Kim Jong-Il wanted to irritate the world and so he built nuclear weapons, and somewhere in between Israel may or may not have nuclear capabilities (they probably do). Today, the nations of Iran, Syria, and Myanmar are all suspected of developing nuclear weapons. One word: shit.
As a proud Canadian, I am firmly against the development of any nuclear weapons, regardless of any nations standing within the world, even if the only purpose is deterrence. In fact, if I was the Prime Minister I would try to get our great nation to join the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, but that’s a different story... Anyways, we are now at a point in our history in which nations with very fragile governments are now developing weapons with the capability of destroying cities simply by the pressing of a single button. I’ll say it again: shit.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very large task in front of us; we must first end the plans for Myanmar to develop nuclear weapons. Please let the issue be resolved through diplomacy and coooperation, not the worst case scenario: a ground invasion. At the same time, we must also focus our attention to Iran. Mr. Ahmadinejad is clearly anti-Semitic and when he talks about destroying Isreal and nuclear technology os neomg developed (which they do have a right to use peacefully), it makes the world a little nervous, as it should. Getting North Korea to give up their nuclear weapons would also be a tremendously difficult task. To date, only South Africa has developed weapons and voluntarily disarmed itself, while some former Soviet countries had weapons in their territory following their independence. Overall, I can't understand how this is not a more urgent issue for the world.

In an ideal world, we would also strip the United States, Russia, China, Israel, Britain, France, India, and Pakistan of nuclear capabilities. Nobody has the right to obliterate a city in seconds. Treaties that reduce stockplies of weapons are welcome in this case, as they are likely the only path to disarmament, or revolution.

It's a dangerous, unnecessary technology. This is a large task for future generations to be faced with. My hope is that one day during my lifetime we will live in a world free of nuclear weapons, is it so hard to imagine?