Memorial Day comes right before the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the turnaround moment in WW2.On Memorial Day it is important to speak out against...
This photo taken on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows crosses of the US cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. On D-Day. Our soldiers on D-Day and other battles and wars have sacrificed so that we may live in peace. Memorial Day is a chance to honor those sacrifices and continue our quest for peace at home and overseas, writes William Lambers..
With these wars come other horrors such as famine. Millions of people are starving to death in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict zones. Wars must end so that famines can be prevented.Famine is another reason why on Memorial Day it is important to speak out against war. Resorting to conflict should only be a last resort as a policy.
It is very troubling that there is such an escalation in arms buildups, which increases the risk of catastrophic war.“The unprecedented rise in military spending is a direct response to the global deterioration in peace and security,” said Nan Tian, senior researcher with SIPRI’s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme. “States are prioritizing military strength but they risk an action-reaction spiral in the increasingly volatile geopolitical and security landscape.
How does a world build peace if its resources are dedicated primarily to weapons? No true peace can emerge under such conditions. Disarmament has to remain a goal of the United States, to get all nations to reduce their weapons.Why couldn’t the United States, Russia and China reduce their nuclear weapons arsenals by at least 50% in the next five years? Each nation has too many nukes already, so why not start reducing them in a joint effort. The U.S.
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