Letter to the Editor Campaigns
U.S. Should Capitalize on Shared Interests to Engage Iran
This administration's saber-rattling against Iran is counter-productive. Instead, the U.S. should capitalize on shared interests with Tehran to achieve a stable Iraq and use it as the basis for opening direct, unconditional, and comprehensive talks with Iran on a broad range of issues. Use our talking points as a guide and write a letter to the editor today!
Republican "Ultra-Liberal" attack ads misleading
The Republican party is rolling out a massive campaign of negative TV ads, starting in Ohio and Iowa, but if local citizens speak out against these ads, we can shut them down quickly.
The Failure of Missile Defense
Despite the many tens of billions of dollars spent on missile defense and the flagrantly inaccurate claims by proponents of missile defense systems, after 50 years missile defense remains an experimental system that has provided the United States with very few tangible results. Moreover, despite Pentagon claims that solving missile defense problems is merely an “engineering” problem, defending against missile attacks of any range remains a complex and extremely challenging problem that the expenditure of well over $100 billion has not solved.
Renegotiate the US-India Nuclear Deal
The proposed US-India nuclear deal poses great risks for the nuclear non-proliferation framework which has limited the spread of nuclear weapons over thirty-five years. The US-India nuclear deal set a dangerous precedent and rewards India despite its refusal to take on meaningful nuclear non-proliferation commitments as have done almost all other countries.
Honor Our Troops: Out of Iraq
The U.S. invasion of Iraq was an unjustified use of military power to oust a brutal dictator, with the Bush Administration advancing as its primary justification the need to address Iraqi aspirations for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. After no weapons of mass destruction were found after the 2003 invasion, it was clear that the Administration distorted intelligence information to justify the war.
We Must Talk to Iran
Like President Nixon’s bold decision to go to China at a time when confrontation seemed to be intensifying, we know that creative, farsighted diplomacy can turn even the most difficult situation around. Iran does not pose an imminent threat to US security and we should exhaust every possible diplomatic means. As Military Leaders and Diplomats have urged, the situation must be resolved through diplomacy, not military action.
Unnecessary: The Reliable Replacement Warhead
While the RRW program proposes to "trad[e] off features important in the Cold War, such as high yield and low weight, to gain features more valuable now, such as lower cost, greater ease of manufacture and certification, and increased long-term confidence in the stockpile," without creating new weapons or testing, the RRW program poses several considerable risks for nuclear non-proliferation efforts due to its vague objectives and because it represents a program to build new nuclear weapons.
Reprocessing Increases the Chances of Nuclear Terrorism
Reversing a thirty-year practice of not separating nuclear bomb-grade material from nuclear waste due to cost and proliferation concerns, the Bush Administration's effort to reprocess nuclear waste weakens nuclear non-proliferation efforts to stop other countries from engaging in this practice and would make available material to terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
We Must Find a Viable Strategy for North Korean Nuclear Ambitions
Frustrated by North Korea’s refusal to rejoin the Six Party Talks and the recent missile tests, the United States is considering imposing additional sanctions on North Korea, but has not outlined a viable strategy to deal with North Korea’s growing nuclear weapons program.
