Physicists Tell Bush "Nuclear Weapons Against Iran Gravely Irresponsible!”

In a story that went virtually uncovered by US press, thirteen of the nation's most prominent physicists wrote a letter to President Bush. In it they called U.S. plans to reportedly use nuclear weapons against Iran "gravely irresponsible" and warned that such action would have "disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world."

The letter which will be publiclycally in Lafayette Park across from the White House April 26 states,"There are no sharp lines between small "tactical" nuclear weapons and large ones, nor between nucweaponseapns targeting facilities and those targeting armies or cities." It goes on to warn that once nuclear weapons are used it will lessen the "taboo" against them and "there will be a greatly enhanced risk that regional conflicts could expand into global nuclear war."

I will be surprised if the White House listens to these scientists. Bush and his cronies seem to listen only to those voices that have been carefully screened to tell them what they want to hear. Scientists have had little sway with this White House, in fact it could be argued that Bush has done his best to squelch scientific advise of any kind, from news of global warming to this letter about nuclear war.

The petitioners include Nobel laureates, a National Medal of Science winner and three past presidents of the American Physical Society. With credentials like these I suspect the White House will take steps to avoid reading this one for sure.