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Open Letter to President-Elect Trump: Negotiate Nuclear Zero Open Letter to President-elect Trump: Negotiate Nuclear Zero As president of the United States, you will have the grave responsibility of assuring that nuclear weapons are not overtly threatened or used during your term of office. The most certain way to fulfill this responsibility is to negotiate with the other possessors of nuclear weapons for their total elimination. The U.S. is obligated under Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to engage in such negotiations in good faith for an end to the nuclear arms race and for nuclear disarmament. A nuclear war, any nuclear war, would be an act of insanity. Between nuclear weapons states, it would lead to the destruction of the attacking nation as well as the attacked. Between the U.S. and Russia, it would threaten the survival of humanity. There are still more than 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world, of which the United States possesses approximately 7,000. Some 1,000 of these remain on hair-trigger alert. A similar number remain on hair-trigger alert in Russia. This is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Even if nuclear weapons are not used intentionally, they could be used inadvertently by accident or miscalculation. Nuclear weapons and human fallibility are a dangerous mix. Nuclear deterrence presupposes a certain view of human behavior. It depends on the willingness of political leaders to act rationally under all circumstances, even those of extreme stress. It provides no guarantees or physical protection. It could fail spectacularly and tragically. You have suggested that more nations – such as Japan, South Korea and even Saudi Arabia – may need to develop their own nuclear arsenals because the U.S. spends too much money protecting other countries. This nuclear proliferation would make for a far more dangerous world. It is also worrisome that you have spoken of dismantling or reinterpreting the international agreement that places appropriate limitations on Iran’s nuclear program and has the support of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany. As other presidents have had, you will have at your disposal the power to end civilization as we know it. You will also have the opportunity, should you choose, to lead in ending the nuclear weapons era and achieving nuclear zero through negotiations on a treaty for the phased, verifiable, irreversible and transparent elimination of nuclear weapons. We, the undersigned, urge you to choose the course of negotiations for a nuclear weapons-free world. It would be a great gift to all humanity and all future generations. Initial signers: David Krieger President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Richard Falk Senior Vice President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Daniel Ellsberg Distinguished Fellow, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Noam Chomsky Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oliver Stone Film director Setsuko Thurlow Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Anders Wijkman Co-President, Club of Rome Helen Caldicott Founding President, Physicians for Social Responsibility Ben Ferencz Former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor Robert Jay Lifton Columbia University Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Robert Laney Chair, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Rick Wayman Director of Programs, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Ruben Arvizu Latin America Representative, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Jonathan Granoff President, Global Security Institute Medea Benjamin Co-Founder, Code Pink Peter Kuznick Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute, American University Barry Ladendorf President, Veterans for Peace Dr. Hafsat Abiola-Costello Founder and President, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy Marie Dennis Co-President, Pax Christi International Elaine Scarry Professor, Harvard University Richard Appelbaum Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Sandy Jones Director of Communications, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Joni Arends Executive Director, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety Sergio Grosjean Instituto Mexicano de Ecologia Ciencia y Cultura John Avery Associate, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Leonard Eiger Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action April Brown Marshallese Educational Initiative Jill Dexter Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Robert Aldridge Associate, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Charles Genuardi Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Bill Wickersham Associate, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation John Hallam People for Nuclear Disarmament Mark Hamilton Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Mary Becker Former Board member, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Frank Bognar Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Judith Lipton, M.D. Security Committee, Physicians for Social Responsibility Sue Hawes Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Sherry Melchiorre Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Elena Nicklasson Director of Development, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Daniel Smith Appellate Lawyer Nancy Andon Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Lawrence Markworth Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Cletus Stein The Peace Farm Mario Fuentes Sector Salud Jim Knowlton Blue Ocean Productions Peter Low Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury Jenny Maxwell Hereford Peace Council Rodrigo Navarro Comunicar para Conservar Sergio Rimola National Hispanic Medical Association Julian Rodriguez #Revolucionando Additional signatures follow… First Name Last Name Zip State Comment Please please Donald Trump make the world safe for once in my life by removing nuclear weapons bilaterally with Russia. I have been terrified that we would destroy ourselves since I was 17 and saw "On the Beach" about a nuclear war that occurred by helen caldicott 02461 MA accident and everyone died Sir, this is probably the most important issue that you and your administration will ever face. Literally, every single living being will be dependent on your choices. Your children, grandchildren, and every one of your family will be dependent on these choices, and nobody will be able to hide or ride out the consequences if you make a mistake. On the other hand, you could become the greatest leader in all of history if you can end the nuclear madness. Please ‐ choose well! Judith Eve Lipton, MD Judith Lipton 98053 WA Redmond, WA 980523 Complete the vision of a nuclear weapons Jonathan Granoff free world that President Reagan advocated. A U.S. president who eliminates U.S. nuclear weapons and negotiates the complete elimination of nuclear weapons in other nuclear states will by these acts acquire the Elaine Scarry 02139 stature of Abraham Lincoln. Michele Vasquez Sergio Rimola Please help keep us safe by reducing nukes Jim Knowlton and by working fairly with other nations. Only through a Nuclear Weapons free world can all the children, women and men be free Mark Hamilton 93109 CA to build their lives safely into the future. The only way we can make our nation nearly totally safe from other nations is to get rid of Cletus stein 79106 TX nuclear weapons in the whole world. This something so important to the future of Ron Dexter 93110 CA Mankind. Please negotiate in our favor! Mr. President‐Elect, Your biggest accomplishment could be to make the world a safer place by promoting the elimination of nuclear weapons. They will destroy us if we do not destroy them first. Many thanks for taking our request to heart. Daniel U. DANIEL SMITH 94118 CA Smith John Hallam Also Human Survival Project Mary Magellan Nuclear war makes a mess of hotels, office buildings, and golf courses, not to mention living creatures. Support nuclear abolition while we still have the chance to avert the Peter Kuznick ultimate catastrophe. I sign not as a US citizen but as a member of Peter Low 08083 ot the human race April Brown 72704 The total abolition of nuclear weapons is the only way to protect ourselves from the Jenny Maxwell SY7 0JT ot horrors of their use. Nuclear weapons free world is only way to safeguard the entire human being of the Balkrishna Kurvey 440009 ot world. Barry Ladendorf 92129 CA Leonard Eiger 98045 WA Sandy Jones 93108 CA William Fisk 32905 FL Maura Buckley 46220 IN sue davies 95466 CA Caryn Graves 94702 CA I strongly support this petition and the Susan Wright 93301 CA complete banning of all nuclear weapons. Cathy Walters 55932 MN Joseph Dunford BS32 9BJ AE David Snope 07830 NJ Alexander Fedorov 02460 MA April Eversole 44423 OH aurora marquez 93101 CA we need a safer world. No Nukes. Dawne Santopietro 14502 NY Read and understand the history of the use of nuclear weapons and their destruction of World War II ‐ do not ever threaten any of Carol Neill 66223 KS us with their use again. There are no winners in a nuclear conflict. Time to completely eliminate these Richard Fairfield 34135 FL weapons. Rev. Dr. Myrna Tuttle 93110 CA Please do not make the world more dangerous than it already is by promoting nuclear proliferation. Yours is a very serious responsibility, Mr. Trump, so please take it Barb Mallin 44060 OH seriously. W.J. Zack 12817 NY Mr. Trump. This letter represents my views David Hanleey 14424 NY completely. sincerely, Dave Hanley Judi Poulson 56031 MN This is not a game. Results of nuclear warfare would effect the entire world with Beverly Mitchell 83709 ID lasting radiation for years to come. Joseph Melvin 96003 CA Redelisa Mendoza 33161 FL Norene Charnofsky 93004 CA Jerry Rivers 11575 NY Meya Law 20747 MD Roberta Farrell 12308 NY Your grandchildren will die with all grandchildren. Nuclear war does not Carolyn Villanova 01201 MA discriminate. Dave Searles 53520 WI Rima Rosenthal 04605 ME Martha Spencer 28712 NC Rev. Rich Peacock 48310 MI Father William Connor 90803 CA Melvin Turcanik 55927 MN Please believe we can and will achieve peace without the use of nuclear weapons: keeping humanity safe from harm is the Lola Hatmil SL1 5UJ ot given right which belongs to us both. We are counting on you to do the right Dorothy Anderson 02191 MA thing,Nuclear is not the answer.
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