@RobertEllsberg on Twitter: "Most Americans believe it is US policy not to use nuclear weapons first against non-nuclear foe. This is false. No president since Truman has pledged to take this option “off the table.” No first use must be joined with dismantling 1st strike option. Warren has begun the debate." / Twitter

That media and most Americans still don’t know the difference between “no first use” and “no first strike” is a sign of our illiteracy on this vital issue. Yet Warren is taking a position that even 4 years ago would have been disqualifying for any serious candidate. Progress!

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Elizabeth Warren

@SenWarren

Feb 1, 2019

.@realDonaldTrump wants to upgrade our nuclear arsenal AND end decades-old arms control agreements. That's a recipe for disaster. Congress must immediately pass my #NoFirstUse bill to prevent him (or any president) from unilaterally starting a nuclear war. cnn.com/2019/01/30/pol

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@RobertEllsberg

Feb 3, 2019

First strike is capacity to attack an adversary’s nuclear arsenal and command-control centers. This is what puts our ICBMs on hair trigger alert and threatens global destruction via nuclear winter. It is literally a Doomsday Machine. amazon.com/Doomsday-Machi

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@RobertEllsberg

Most Americans believe it is US policy not to use nuclear weapons first against non-nuclear foe. This is false. No president since Truman has pledged to take this option “off the table.” No first use must be joined with dismantling 1st strike option. Warren has begun the debate.

7:25 PM · Feb 3, 2019 from Sleepy Hollow, NY

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