‘A more logical course of action would be to focus efforts on ensuring that Iran will abstain from crossing the nuclear weapons threshold. In fact, this is the most likely outcome if Iran is not attacked. An Iranian nuclear test would entail further isolation from the international community, which Tehran could ill afford. Not striking against Iran would be the better containment policy.’
American Friends Service Committee: Ask your Senators to support New START
Please support clean ratification of the New START Treaty
Dear [Decision Maker],
(Please personalize your message)
I am writing to urge you to support early ratification of the New START (START Follow On) Treaty, which President Obama has signed in Prague.
While the Cold War is now a fading memory, the threat of nuclear weapons remains. Reducing that threat through the treaty’s minimal reductions of U.S. and Russian deployed arsenals can only contribute to our security. The treaty’s improved verification agreement is of even greater importance because it reinforces non-proliferation efforts.
It is essential that this treaty be ratified without amendments (e.g. to build yet another new nuclear weapon or to increase the U.S. budget for nuclear weapons production) because such amendments would be seen as hypocritical and would undermine the worldwide, urgent efforts to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation.
Thank you in advance for supporting the quick and clean ratification of New START.
Sincerely,
American Friends Service Committee: Ask your Senators to support New START
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Global Zero: Stop the Nuclear Threat
With 23,000 nuclear weapons worldwide, experts are clear: we either eliminate all nuclear weapons or accept living in a world where virtually any country or terrorist group can get one.
Last year, over 115,000 of us helped secure a historic commitment by Russia and the US to reduce their nuclear arsenals by a third–a commitment affirmed in the new US-Russia treaty.
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