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November 2016 - Google "accidental nuclear war", and you'll see that the world has come very close over a dozen times. Can we count on our luck to hold out? Not according to Kissinger, Shultz, Nunn, and Perry—our chief US military leaders during the Cold War. They now warn us that the dangers of nuclear war by accident, miscalculation, or intention, are far greater than any benefit of deterrence these weapons provide. This is especially true of our 450 "first strike" ICBMs sitting in their known silos on instant-alert. (And if we were to ever use them, we'd all starve due to nuclear winter!)
Pres. Obama, as Commander-in-Chief, has the constitutional power, without congressional input, to take our nuclear weapons off instant-alert, and to declare a policy of never starting a nuclear war. Officially, these are called "de-alerting" and "no-first-use".
ACTION:
Urge President Obama to use his authority to de-alert our nuclear weapons and to declare a no-first-use policy. With both policies in place, other nations will feel less threatened by us, thus creating a lower level of threat in the world, and in situations that could appear to be nuclear attacks, presidents will no longer have to make potentially apocalyptic decisions in minutes.
Contact:
President Barack Obama
Web: www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Tel: 202 456-1111 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Fax: 202 456-2461
Mail:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2050
Please use this info to write a letter to the editor of your local press.
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