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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-04-15, Page 6Page 6 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Editorial www.goderichsignalstar.com Proprietor and published by Howes Publishers, P.O. Bar 220, 120 /Mains Stmt. Goderich, Ontario N7A 4B6 EDITORIAL Progress on weapon elimination now at hand Ridding the planet of nuclear weapons has been the subject of intense discussion and considerable effort since even before the explosion of the first bomb in 1945'. For the most part, it has been. a dismal failure. Despite all the talk, the treaties, the politics and the diplo- macy, nuclear weapons continued to proliferate and the nations building them multiplied so that by 1985, there were more than enough to obliterate the planet several times over. While the number of nuclear weapons since the end of the Cold War may be decreasing, the dangers is in fact increas- ing. North Korea is pursuing a nuclear weapons program and launched a long-range ballistic missile last week. Iran has a secret enrichment program, and Pakistan is well on its way to becoming the wild west of the nuclear weapons establish- ment. What better time, then, for the world's superstar politician, United States President Barack Obama, to remind us we can all aspire to a "world without nuclear weapons." Is it possible? Of course it is. Will it be simple? Of course not. But, ironically, it should be easier than solving the global financial crisis, making affordable health care available to all Americans, ending poverty, fixing Iraq or combating climate change. It would be nice to think so, at least. Obama has committed to: Negotiating a new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia; having the U.S. ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; controlling or stopping production of fissile material (the stuff designed to cause a nuclear explosion); and strength- ening the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. It's a challenge, to be sure. The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China may be ready to admit the madness, but India, Pakistan and Israel will be a tough sell. Never mind North Korea or Iran. Still, having a world leadersay it out loud is progress enough. 'Maybe we can change the attitude of despair world- wide and reverse the conventional wisdom that nothing can be done. The fact is we all know it. can. Now a real leader says it, too. (Sun Media) SIGN OF THE ECONOMIC 'TIMES • WE'RE RESTRUCTURING You'vE Bum LET Go! MititiowL Nordic walking demo in Courthouse Park To the Editor; Letters Ontarians are taking active living in.stride, opinion doing what comes naturally, like walking, to stay fit. Now they have another option, one The growing trend of Urban Poling can he that has been taking the fitness world by seen throughout Ontario. Its popularity is storm -- Urban Poling. 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