On Hiroshima anniversary, tell Obama: Never again!

Today, August 6, 2009, marks the 64th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

With a single bomb, we directly killed some 80,000 people. In the months that followed, injuries and radiation raised the death toll as high as an estimated 166,000. The vast majority of victims were civilians.

Three days later, we bombed the Japanese city of Nagasaki, taking out tens of thousands more people.

This must never happen again, to any people, by any people.

President Obama has already promised to work towards "a world without nuclear weapons."

On this grim anniversary, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is asking concerned citizens to write to President Obama and ask him to take the following steps to ensure a safer, more secure world:

1. Negotiate a strong, meaningful treaty with Russia to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expires in December, and send it to the Senate for ratification.

2. Encourage Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which bans all nuclear explosions worldwide.

3. Declare a "No First Use" policy, pledging not to use nuclear weapons first under any circumstances.

These steps will not completely rid the world of the nuclear threat, but they are some solid first steps.

>> Click here to send a message to President Obama.