Obama arrives Prague castle to sign treaty. Photo: Filip Singer/EPA
Thursday April 8 2010 marked the signing of a nuclear arms treaty by U.S president Barack Obama, and Dmitry Medvedev the Russian leader. This treaty would slash their respective nuclear arsenals by a third.
What might this truly signify?
The Peoples of the world are far too mistrustful of each other to imagine that the suggestion of a world completely free of nuclear weapons would be acceptable.
Cynics would contend that this treaty represents is at best, window dressing...
What a treaty to reduce nuclear stockpiles does however, is to bring the most militarily powerful countries in the world around a common truth..
The truth that weapons of such potential devastation have no place in our world.
The U.S. and Russia may not feel ready to completely get rid of nuclear weapons just yet, however by signing this treaty, they have shown a willingness to coalesce around this common truth...
