THE LAST NUCLEAR BLAST

The last nuclear blast ended WWII?

Japan had a hard time deciding what to do, surrender unconditionally, or what.

The ‘or what’ began with Hiroshima and ended with Nagasaki, skipping Kokura twice.

I visited the two men in charge of the new nuclear bomb. They were quiet.

So was I.

It was a clear, hot, day in Los Alamos.

The two men were cool in their suit and uniform.

 

 

Hot Days In Japan, 1945

From ATOMIC BOMB EDUCATION FOR THE KIDS:

 

Is there any work still going on with atomic bombs at Los Alamos?

Since you asked, yes.

From the Santa Fe New Mexican:

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s record $4.6 billion budget for this fiscal year will give officials an unprecedented amount of money for its nuclear weapons program, which still makes up the bulk of the lab’s spending.

“I think the writing should be on the wall that we have entered a new nuclear arms race,” wrote Geoff Wilson, director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project on Government Oversight.

“The nuclear spending floodgates have opened in the name of defending against China and a belligerent Russia, and the labs are defense contractors. This is going to be a boom season for them.”

 

The last president without a college degree was charged with what to do to end WWII, invade Japanese islands, or drop two big bombs.

To his advantage he’d been an army artillery captain in WWI in France, an elected judge, an elected U.S. Senator, and vice-president, before he became president.

The man had been around the American block.

From the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, to NATO, the Cold War, the Korean War, Harry Truman held his own with American power.

The important thing you need to know today is no one, absolutely no one, should make mention of atomic bombs, atomic explosions, and atomic war, as a small thing in the big picture.

We don’t like that kind of talk, not at all.

 

 

PS:

Instead of hot take rants on social media about inappropriateness, idiocy, or mental acuity, ramp it down to the basics.

No nuclear bombs in Korean War, but close.

Nuclear bombs in Vietnam? No, but there were plans, one called Oregon Trail.

Roosevelt developed the nuclear bombs, Truman delivered them.

Every president since 1945 has had a nuclear option to solve problems in the field.

Famines haven’t been solved by nuclear bombs.

 

PSS:

When a commander in chief riffs on nuclear bombs, one hopes they have the right targets in mind.

They were considered in Korea because of the attack from the north, then the Chinese assist.

Vietnam got a look in 1954 with the French getting run, and again in 1968 when America struggled.

Were nuclear bombs mentioned in Iraq?

In Afghanistan? Who has what?

When a shit talker in chief spews shit for their audience, keep nuclear weapons out your mouth.

Stick with the usual buzz words like communists and immigrants to keep them engaged.

Just don’t get cute and ask ‘what’s communism?’ or ‘what’s socialism?‘

Look it up yourself.

You don’t need an addlepated kook explain it to you, and surely not explained by the object of their deepest affection.

When is the last time you listened intently to an eighty year old who is flummoxed by wind power, solar power, and the notion of climate change speeded up by controllable agents?

Once they start posting their work on sub-stack I’ll point you to an eighty year old who seeks real solutions to real problems, not off-handed comments on bullshit made up for television, like the small price to pay for a nuclear incident.

Repeat after me for the young people in your sphere: nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and nuclear research, are all hard science fields that hold human lives at risk.

Risk of mistake = radiation.

Risk of uncertainty = radiation.

Risk of a loose cannon on deck = radiation.

‘I could shoot man on 5th Avenue’ after grabbing his wife = a small price to pay.

When does the price grow too large to pay?