Brighter than the sun

Posted on August 6, 2005 by Gene

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Here we are, sixty years later — the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons. We still have them to this day, and expend a lot of energy trying to keep others from having them, using them as an excuse to invade these days.
I am not qualified to debate the decision in 1945 to use these weapons against Japan; as a human being I am qualified to be horrified by them.
Blogger Susan Kitchens is creating a detailed historical record of the events of this day sixty years ago. So far, it’s all from the viewpoint of the US.

A-Bomb Museum
Atomic Bomb: Decision
Wikipedia entry

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