The now ubiquitous peace symbol began as part of the nuclear disarmament movement in 1958. The symbol itself is a combination of the semaphoric signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for
Nuclear
Disarmament. Yet, here we are more that 50 years later and further from that desired result than ever. President Obama even received a preemptive Nobel Peace Prize on a promise to disarm our nuclear arsenal, and yet in his budget he's expanding the program. Many Americans have sacrificed their freedom in order to bring attention to this issue, or to stop the expansion. And yet the majority of Americans seem to cling to the idea that this arsenal of evil is somehow keeping them safe.
