Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Hiroshima - 70 Years Ago

Here are two short videos which describe what we did to Hiroshima 70 years ago:

https://youtu.be/gwkyPvlWPM0


and


https://youtu.be/jY9VwCE_Dsg


Not one of our better moments.


And the worst part is there are people in the US who think we should use nuclear weapons again. And they're willing to spend another trillion dollars to make it so:


http://news.antiwar.com/2015/08/05/cost-of-upgrading-us-nukes-estimated-at-963-billion/


It is the US and her bastard child Israel who are obstacles to a nuclear-free world:


Gorbachev: Here's another question: If five or 10 countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons, then why can't 20 or 30? Today, a few dozen countries have the technical prerequisites to build nuclear weapons. The alternative is clear: Either we move toward a nuclear-free world or we have to accept that nuclear weapons will continue to spread, step by step, across the globe. And can we really imagine a world without nuclear weapons if a single country amasses so many conventional weapons that its military budget nearly tops that of all other countries combined? This country would enjoy total military supremacy if nuclear weapons were abolished.


SPIEGEL: You're talking about the US?


Gorbachev: You said it. It is an insurmountable obstacle on the road to a nuclear-free world. That's why we have to put demilitarization back on the agenda of international politics. This includes a reduction of military budgets, a moratorium on the development of new types of weapons and a prohibition on militarizing space. Otherwise, talks toward a nuclear-free world will be little more than empty words. The world would then become less safe, more unstable and unpredictable. Everyone will lose, including those now seeking to dominate the world.


You can read the rest @

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/gorbachev-calls-for-nuclear-free-world-on-hiroshima-day-a-1046900.html

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