NUCLEAR ARMS FOR WHAT?

A MANIFESTO OF PEACE ~ 96 ~ they must destroy all nuclear bombs. Such an action would lead to a peace ‘explosion’. Anyone who dared to do so, would emerge as a spiritual winner, and a moral superpower, unlike the competitors in the nuclear race, where there can be no winner. It is a fact that being a moral superpower is on a far higher plane than being a nuclear superpower. But this kind of revolutionary step cannot be taken on a bilateral basis. It is possible only on a unilateral basis. Nuclear disarmament is not simply an act of destroying nuclear weapons. Nuclear disarmament, in actuality, is to turn a ‘violence bomb’ into a ‘peace bomb’. It would bring about a peaceful explosion. Any nation that proves bold enough to take this peace initiative would apparently lose its status of nuclear power. But at the same time, it would gain a far more elevated status — that of a moral or spiritual superpower. Only such a superpower can meet the need of the hour, which is to initiate the process of peace. Only this peace ‘explosion’ can transform a world overflowing with violence into a world where peace reigns supreme.