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Nuclear weapons threaten security. Eventually they'll be used. Humanity's survival depends on total abolition, said Krieger and Ellsberg. Both seek two principle goals:
(1) "a commitment by the existing nuclear weapon states to forego launch-on-warning and first use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances;" and
(2) "good faith negotiations for a new treaty for the phased, verifiable, irreversible, and transparent elimination of nuclear weapons."
Krieger heads the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Ellsberg gained fame for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Both understand today's dangers. They want them eliminated to save humanity from possible self-destruction. It's no exaggeration.
In his book titled, "Failed States," Noam Chomsky discussed "the threat of nuclear war, environmental disaster, and the fact that the government of the world's only superpower is acting in ways that increase the likelihood of these catastrophes."
In "Hegemony or Survival," he cited evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr's work. He said human intelligence doesn't guarantee survival. He believed beetles and bacteria stand a better chance.
He ominously observed that species on average survive about 100,000 years. Humanity's been around about that long. He wondered if we'd use our remaining time to self-destruct. If so, we'd be the only species ever to do it. Given our current path, it's possible and perhaps sooner than most people imagine.
Hold the War, says Israel
America and Israel have longstanding Iran war plans. Launching it means WW III. With nuclear bunker buster or other nuclear weapons, the dangers Krieger, Ellsberg, Caldicott, and others explain are real.
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