Denuclearization: ultimate goal, tension and nuclear weapons capabilities do not mix

Tension and nuclear weapons capabilities do not mix

While peace talks occurred in Vietnam between the U.S. and North Korea on Thursday,2/27/19, conflict escalated between two nuclear-armed nations, India and Pakistan.  It was almost as if to illustrate the dangers of nuclear weaponry are far wider reaching than the Korean Peninsula.

It would be wonderful if the February 27th meeting in Vietnam resulted in an agreement for complete denuclearization and an official end to the Korean war, but alas it did not.  It was also a microcosm example of how eliminating just "some" of the weapons is futile.  And an example how nothing less than a total Peace agreement is acceptable for any nation to put down their arms.

Lotus would say, "keep imagining peace and a world without nuclear weapons."

There was a lot of good "faith" that enabled a meeting to discuss "peace." Let's keep building on that good faith instead of pointing fingers or looking for failures.   And let's not limit that peace to just one or two nations, let us imagine that peace for all of our beloved Earth.