Our national security and defense agenda is built primarily on an endless preparation for war. Yet shouldn’t we also prepare for peace?

Given the nuclear weapons that exist today, can we afford to only have policies geared toward keeping some people from having them? Shouldn’t we also have policies geared toward creating a world in which no one would ever even think of using them?

In the words of H.G. Wells, “If we don’t end war, war will end us.” It is thoroughly irresponsible of us to NOT discuss how we can create a more peaceful world. In the words of Dennis Kucinich, “We must challenge the belief that war is inevitable.” We must do this and do it now.