.nuclearban's BeaFihn says the 5 leaders 'write this 'nice' statement but [do] exactly the opposite in reality. They're in a nuclear arms race, expanding nuclear arsenals, spending billions on modernizing, and constantly prepared to start a nuclear war.'
acknowledging that there can be no victors of a nuclear war, disarmament campaigners called on them to"walk the talk" and pursue meaningful action to reduce the risk of thermonuclear armageddon by reducing—and ultimately eliminating—their own atomic stockpiles.
"As nuclear use would have far-reaching consequences, we also affirm that nuclear weapons—for as long as they continue to exist—should serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent war," the statement continued."We believe strongly that the further spread of such weapons must be prevented."
"As Greta Thunberg said, 'blah, blah, blah,'" Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,
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