You are the key to defusing the nuclear threat.
Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award winning director of The Hurt Locker, has a blockbuster new movie on how a nuclear war could start. It s A House of Dynamite and well worth seeing! The drawing below, which I ve used for over Continue reading
Yesterday VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity) posted a letter to President Biden that warned of the risks inherent in President Macron’s proposal to possibly send French troops into Ukraine. The VIPS letter said in part: France is reportedly preparing Continue reading
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban missile crisis — the day that JFK was told of the U2 photos showing that the Soviets had deployed nuclear missiles to Cuba. How dangerous was that crisis and Continue reading
Former President Trump is rightly being criticized for politicizing the Department of Justice. Given its awesome powers, DOJ must be above politics and not used by a president to harass, much less prosecute, his political opponents. Trump’s actions have drawn Continue reading
Our nation could help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion by requiring that Ukraine agree to extradite anyone who misused US aid to the point that they violated US law. Unfortunately, this is needed with the head of Interpol warning that US Continue reading
The risk of the war in Ukraine escalating to a full-scale nuclear war is far greater than our nation realizes. While it is impossible to quantify that risk precisely, I estimate that it is roughly comparable to pulling the trigger Continue reading
This blog has been inactive since June 2019. I am primarily using Twitter to communicate, where I am @MartinHellman2. But, in a few minutes, I ll be putting up a new post here on Ukraine. In the meantime, here are some Continue reading
Five years, ago, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, I posted a letter written by my friend and D-Day veteran Bill Kays to President Obama. In it, Bill asked Obama to pay tribute to the sacrifices of the Soviets on Continue reading
My last post described how just 600 motivated voters helped get the New START arms control treaty passed in 2010, and asked you to work in a similar way to help prevent a second Korean War. There has been good news Continue reading
I am writing to ask you to help prevent a second Korean War by supporting a critically needed bill that will prevent President Trump from attacking North Korea without Congressional approval. Your ability to have that big an impact may Continue reading