Reduce nuclear risks; change sole presidential authority August 7, 2024
Daniel Oppenheim, MD, PSR Maine board member, and Pious Ali | Portland Press Herald
Today’s nuclear weapons are vastly more destructive than those used against the Japanese, a fact that is not appreciated by many. President Truman had days to consider the use of nuclear weapons, a decision that annihilated hundreds of thousands of people in an instant and left hundreds of thousands more to die lingering deaths over decades. Now one single individual will have only minutes to make a decision that could end human civilization and life on this planet as we know it. How can one person be given that choice?
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