Exactly.

Which is why noone is willing to put down the "toys" first - thinking that if the other sees a weak spot, a loophole (if you will), they will shoot right through it and blast the country to pieces.

But guess what? If we all put down the weapons, noone will blast the other country! We can respect the borders of a country! We can - *gasp* - BEHAVE LIKE MATURE ADULTS!

Please don't call me a naïve fool or an idiot (I'm not the one with the nukes!). I do realize that we are animals with certain instincts (like survival and protecting our home and kin), but one of the things making us superior in the animal kingdom is our ability to communicate like we can; not only like the clicks of the dolphins or the moans of the whales, but through words and empathy. It's in the detail. It's all in the frontal lobes, people! And we have so many ways of connecting.

I know it's something that's not going to happen - not anytime soon, anyways. But here's to hoping.