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Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
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Social Justice: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By St Mary Administrator @ 2:46 PM :: 197 Views ::  :: Social Justice
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At 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped a uranium bomb over the city of Hiroshima and in the blink of an eye vaporized thousands of women, men and children. By the end of the year 140,000 were dead. At 11.02 a.m. on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki, killing another 60,000 - 80,000. Many thousands more continue to die or suffer from psychological trauma and illnesses caused by the prolonged effects of radiation exposure. This must never be allowed to happen again!
August 6th and 9th will mark the 65th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the threatened use of nuclear weapons remains at the heart of U.S. "national security" policy. Despite hopes for a dramatic change of course, the new Nuclear Posture Review reveals no substantial changes in U.S. nuclear force structure, retaining all three legs of the strategic triad - heavy bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic submarines, and declaring: "These nuclear forces will continue to play an essential role in deterring potential adversaries and reassuring allies and partners around the world." 65 years of nuclear terror is enough; it's time to retire nuclear weapons. Join the global call to abolish nuclear weapons in our lifetime! Ask our representatives to ratify the new START treat with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world.
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