By Joseph Wasserman
On January 27th there will be a resetting of the doomsday clock,by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. We are currently at 89 seconds before midnight with the nuclear weapon powers having nuclear missiles pointed at each on hair trigger alert .It is now at the closest it has ever been to the destruction of everything we know.
How long can this situation continue ?
Our Senators , Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy ,can make a difference by cosponsoring S.Res. 323 , as did Senate Democratic Whip , Dick Durban . This resolution, sponsored by Senator Markey of Massachusetts, calls for a halt in a very dangerous nuclear arms race and negotiations leading toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. Cosponsoring S. Res 323 would be following the good example made by Representatives Larson, Delauro and Hayes who cosponsored the companion House resolution, calling for us to move away from the brink of nuclear war.
As nuclear threats escalate around the planet we must take action, by calling our Senators and asking them to cosponsor S. Res 323. We need to also ask them support efforts to renew the START treaty, the last remaining treaty restraining the US and Russia in their nuclear arms race.
Please go to http://www.preventnuclearwar.org for more information. Find out what Back from the Brink is doing and how you can get involved.
