Nuclear Weapons Are Unacceptable 2006

According to Seymour Hersh's article in the April 17th issue of New Yorker magazine, the executive office of the United States is considering the use of atomic weaponry against a sovereign nation with whom we are not at war.

This is madness. Didn't this country learn anything from the Cold War? We barely survived that (Cuban Missile Crisis, anyone?); can you imagine the dangers of a Hot War? There is no scenario in which this threatened use of nukes makes our world safer. It strengthens anti-American movements worldwide and increases the risk of us being targeting by terrorism.

Beyond the strictly practical point that it doesn't gain us anything, nuclear weapons are an abomination and no civilized nation should use or threaten to use them.

There is a plaque at the Memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima which says "Let All The Souls Here Rest In Peace; For We Shall Not Repeat The Evil." All citizens of the world need to make clear to their governments that we do not accept their use or threat of use of these weapons.

United States citizens can send a message to their representatives here.

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Nuclear Weapons Are Unacceptable

According to Seymour Hersh's article in the April 17th issue of New Yorker magazine, the executive office of the United States is considering the use of atomic weaponry against a sovereign nation with whom we are not at war.

This is madness. Didn't this country learn anything from the Cold War? We barely survived that (Cuban Missile Crisis, anyone?); can you imagine the dangers of a Hot War? There is no scenario in which this threatened use of nukes makes our world safer. It strengthens anti-American movements worldwide and increases the risk of us being targeting by terrorism.

Beyond the strictly practical point that it doesn't gain us anything, nuclear weapons are an abomination and no civilized nation should use or threaten to use them.

There is a plaque at the Memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima which says "Let All The Souls Here Rest In Peace; For We Shall Not Repeat The Evil." All citizens of the world need to make clear to their governments that we do not accept their use or threat of use of these weapons.

United States citizens can send a message to their representatives here.

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