Contact Your Senators
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In the coming weeks, the Senate will deal with a number of nuclear related issues, including funding for new nuclear weapons. Tell your Senator that the US must lead a genuine effort to eliminate the threat from weapons of mass destruction. You can use our sample below.
Dear Senator _____________The President claimed the invasion of Iraq was about stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction. We are all rightfully concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons to North Korea.
The Bush administration’s approach to nuclear policy, however, undermines our nations leadership, destroys our credibility and encourages nuclear proliferation.
How can our nation tell the world that we need to stop the proliferation of these weapons while building new ones ourselves? How can we lead efforts to control weapons of mass destruction when the administration wants to break a global moratorium and resume nuclear testing?
Hypocrisy is a poor substitute for leadership.
We face no greater threat than the threat posed by nuclear weapons. The only way to be safe from this threat is to destroy as much of the stockpiles as possible and secure those facilities that make nuclear materials. Building nuclear weapons won’t make us safer, but it will encourage other countries to develop their own. Constructing a phony missile defense won’t protect us from weapons delivered in a suitcase, or a truck or a ship.
The former head of US Nuclear forces Lt. General Lee Butler said it best when he declared "There is no security in nuclear weapons. It is a fool’s game."
Please demonstrate your commitment to a foreign policy that will promote lasting security by signing Peace Action’s Pledge for a New Foreign Policy.
Yours Sincerely,
(your name)
Send your letter to:
The Honorable (your Senator's full name)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
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