“I want you
to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He
won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.” Lt. General George S.
Patton, US Army
The attempt to get your mind around the totality of the destruction wrought by
man’s first infantile steps into the Atomic Age is nearly futile. To simply
state that the event was ‘Hellish’ fails to give it the degree of
understanding it deserves. Nonetheless, if mankind has ever developed Hell
on Earth, this event must surely sit atop of that accomplishment-of-misery.
Simply stated, what had happened in July in the desert at Alamogordo with the
test bomb, the Gadget was
unbelievable; but, what happened to Hiroshima with Little Boy... the
terror & destruction of a modern city… was, and remains, beyond human
comprehension. The dead that perished quickly were the most
fortunate.
Part V - Burying the dead took too long... Hiroshima is no more...
I am officially on google (gmail and google plus) so my comments should now come from me. I heard Israel fired into Syria today. I know the last two times Israel fired into Syria they said it was retaliation but then the target turned out to be a chemical weapon facility and a nuclear research facility. Israel knows what they're doing -- I wonder what they hit today.
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