- Cooperation with other nations on issues that affect us all.
These are among the very steps advocated by the Iraq Study Group to realize an end to our current war. They also apply to any potential international conflict. Beyond War (http://www.beyondwar.org) is an international organization that seeks to promote acceptance, exploration and utilization of these ideas among individuals, nations and governments to resolve conflict.
Every citizen has a role to play in creating a world free of the nuclear threat. Our senators and leaders need to hear that an overwhelming majority of us wants them to lead us away from the shadow of a nuclear holocaust. By becoming a global leader in an effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, we also honor the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and all wars.
In the words of one survivor, "This pain that we carry, let it end with us."
It is our responsibility to understand and respond to the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so that the world will never again witness a similar event.
- Robert Dodge, M.D., of Ventura, is co-chairman of Citizens For Peaceful Resolutions, http://www.c-p-r.net; president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Ventura County, http://www.psr.org; and board member of Beyond War, http://www.beyondwar.org.
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