World Peace

Between periods of the hockey game the other day, I caught a few minutes of Sandra Bullock in the movie "Miss Congeniality". The contestants were being asked various questions. among which was "Can you describe for us 'the perfect date'". After much slow and deliberate thought, the vacuous blonde contestant said, "I would say that the perfect date would be April 22nd. It is not too hot and not too cold at that time of year." Funny stuff, but the other funny thing was it seemed to be obligatory for each contestant to say that their wish for mankind was "World Peace". In the context of the movie it was funny and indeed, when one realises the remote possibility of such a wish, it seems almost silly to even utter such a sentiment.
Yesterday, US President Barack Obama expressed a similar sentiment in front of the gates of the Prague Caste. He called for a nuclear free world. Like world peace, this is a noble idea and one that nobody could argue with. But even stating such a thing borders on the absurd. Of course, this comment was precipitated by North Korea's missile test on Saturday. North Korea and Iran are exactly why we cannot have a nuclear free world. It is like stating that we will have a gun free society, such as the Liberal Government did here in Canada when they introduced gun control. The result is that today we are living in a society where all the guns are in the hands of the gangsters and they are 'shooting up our neighbourhoods'. Nuclear free, world peace, gun free, all start with eliminating these very things from the aggressors. This will be as difficult as the gun issue and if I had my druthers, I would rather that the good guys have some weapons too. Let's face it, the guy with the biggest stick rules and I would prefer it not be North Korea or some radical Muslim nation.