Open Letter to President Bush from Reknown Physicists

I like the second sentence, "As members of the profession that brought nuclear weapons into existence..."

Dear Mr. President:

Recent articles in the
New Yorker and Washington Post report that the use of tactical nuclear
weapons against Iran is being actively considered by Pentagon planners
and by the White House. As members of the profession that brought
nuclear weapons into existence, we urge you to refrain from such an
action that would have grave consequences for America and for the world.

1800
of our fellow physicists have joined in a petition opposing new US
nuclear weapons policies that open the door to the use of nuclear
weapons in situations such as Iran's. These policies represent a
"radical departure from the past", in the words of Linton Brooks,
National Nuclear Security Administration director. Indeed, since the
end of World War II, US policy has considered nuclear weapons "weapons
of last resort", to be used only when the very survival of the nation
or of an allied nation was at stake, or at most in cases of extreme
military necessity.