'The only way to prevent the risk is by the complete abolition of nuclear weapons.'
Sixty years ago this week the world stood at the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban missile crisis unfolded. For 12 days the world found itself at the closest point to nuclear war since the first use of nuclear weapons by the United States on those August days 17 years before. For 12 days during that crisis the world held its breath fearing nuclear war between the nuclear superpowers until Nikita Khrushchev agreed to pull Soviet nuclear missiles out of Cuba.
The reality is that there is no adequate medical or humanitarian response to nuclear war. The only way to prevent the risk is by the complete abolition of nuclear weapons. In the event that a tactical nuclear weapon is used in Ukraine it is critical that there not be a nuclear response for that would lead to the grave possibility and potential reality of an all-out nuclear war which could end life as we know it on this planet. This war can only end through a negotiated peace and these negotiations must begin now. It is time for the United States and Russia to move back from the brink of nuclear war. Nuclear weapons cannot and must not be used.
The United States can take a leadership role in this by endorsing the Treaty while simultaneously taking the precautionary steps to prevent nuclear war outlined by the Back from the Brink movement. These steps include:
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