The ministers were presented with necklaces made of paper cranes - a symbol of good luck in Japan - in their national colours
John Kerry (click here) made the comments at a press conference after laying a wreath at the city's atomic bomb memorial.
He is the first US secretary of state ever to visit the memorial or the city.
Around 140,000 people, most of them civilians, were killed when the US dropped its atomic bomb on the city in 1945.
Describing it as "a display that I will, personally, never forget" he said: "It reminds everybody of the extraordinary complexity of choices in war and of what war does to people, to communities, to countries, to the world."...
It wasn't long ago, perhaps a month or two, when I heard someone from the USA military state, "We will always have nuclear weapons." It was a rather surprising statement to me, but, it was also the USA military and why should I expect differently.
I listened for a while today ro the words of Senator Lugar, on CSPAN at a nuclear conference, stating every American should read this book and know how many cities in the USA are targets of nuclear weapons. According to former Senator Lugar that was a reason to understand why the USA will always have nuclear weapons. It is rather odd to realize how single minded some men can be.
From my perspective, the book is the very reason there needs to be aggressive movement to nuclear disarmament by the five permanent nations. France almost did, then came the attacks by Daesh and it was shelved. I would expect the priority to disarm from nuclear weapons to return to France. They had drones flying over those facilities. All the more reason to end this idiocy of a weapon.
I think France should bring all the nuclear countries together in the not too distant future for a summit on disarmament. I think those summits should occur every five years if not more frequently. The five permanent countries have to first see to the disarmament of non-permanent countries. Once that is accomplished the five permanent members need to work out a disarmament strategy that would eventually eliminate all those death bombs, including the submarines.
It can be done and it should be done. Countries like Ukraine don't need to wish they still had their nuclear missiles. Ukraine did the right thing for their children and they should never regret it.
Such meetings followed by action should result less and less interest in any nuclear weapons by any country, including Iran. I think such movement toward honoring the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty is paramount to end the ambitions of non-permanent members to end their aspirations of arming such monstrosities.
The non-permanent member countries have very dangerous elements in their societies, such as Pakistan, living within those borders waiting for the time they can have control of those missiles. I would not be surprised if rebel groups would turn the lousy things on ethnic groups. They aren't just interested in firing the darn things at the USA.
The United Nations and France need to move forward with the meetings of at least the five permanent countries, but, better one day with the five and the next day or two for the non-permanent members jointly with the five. Dialogues should begin. Those wonderful children should never know the fear of complete evaporation of their people and culture. Nuclear weapons can make very effective genocidal methodologies.
The five permanent members need to revisit the current Non-Proliferation Agreement and end the idea of nuclear power plants in third world countries. They don't have the stability or the treasury to have them really. Their people need the treasury to improve their lives and not end others. The disposal of used rods is enough of a worry to sincerely end the dangers to third world countries.
I listened for a while today ro the words of Senator Lugar, on CSPAN at a nuclear conference, stating every American should read this book and know how many cities in the USA are targets of nuclear weapons. According to former Senator Lugar that was a reason to understand why the USA will always have nuclear weapons. It is rather odd to realize how single minded some men can be.
From my perspective, the book is the very reason there needs to be aggressive movement to nuclear disarmament by the five permanent nations. France almost did, then came the attacks by Daesh and it was shelved. I would expect the priority to disarm from nuclear weapons to return to France. They had drones flying over those facilities. All the more reason to end this idiocy of a weapon.
I think France should bring all the nuclear countries together in the not too distant future for a summit on disarmament. I think those summits should occur every five years if not more frequently. The five permanent countries have to first see to the disarmament of non-permanent countries. Once that is accomplished the five permanent members need to work out a disarmament strategy that would eventually eliminate all those death bombs, including the submarines.
It can be done and it should be done. Countries like Ukraine don't need to wish they still had their nuclear missiles. Ukraine did the right thing for their children and they should never regret it.
Such meetings followed by action should result less and less interest in any nuclear weapons by any country, including Iran. I think such movement toward honoring the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty is paramount to end the ambitions of non-permanent members to end their aspirations of arming such monstrosities.
The non-permanent member countries have very dangerous elements in their societies, such as Pakistan, living within those borders waiting for the time they can have control of those missiles. I would not be surprised if rebel groups would turn the lousy things on ethnic groups. They aren't just interested in firing the darn things at the USA.
The United Nations and France need to move forward with the meetings of at least the five permanent countries, but, better one day with the five and the next day or two for the non-permanent members jointly with the five. Dialogues should begin. Those wonderful children should never know the fear of complete evaporation of their people and culture. Nuclear weapons can make very effective genocidal methodologies.
The five permanent members need to revisit the current Non-Proliferation Agreement and end the idea of nuclear power plants in third world countries. They don't have the stability or the treasury to have them really. Their people need the treasury to improve their lives and not end others. The disposal of used rods is enough of a worry to sincerely end the dangers to third world countries.
