Eighty Years Ago Today Hundreds of Thousands Disappear in a Light Second
Eighty years ago the Enola Gay dropped a single bomb over the city of Hiroshima unleashing a force never before seen, chabged the world forever.
We speak about the nuclear bomb, but somehow lose sight of the fact that it was used to allegedly end a war. Now we have multiple wars at once, and there is fear of the use of a "tactical" weapon. We need to find a way to stop himans from kiling each other!
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@samueltyler2 My natural position is to build bridges.
My European perspective will differ greatly from yours.
We believe America will move towards isolationism. It will survive, but its standing in the world will get lower. It is not thought as a reliable ally now. Largely unaffected by what happens in the rest of the world.
China emerging as the great power needs to trade with the West. So for the foreseeable future, there will be no major war. More countries will join the BRICS alliance and be in China’s debt. Russia being a vassal state will be kept under control. There may be the odd rogue nuclear action, but it will be local. And the outcome unpredictable, as the radioactive dust could land anywhere. Remember Chornobyl, the dust cloud contaminated northern Britain!
I’m very pessimistic about Gaza. But it will have a nuclear outcome. I think we in Europe are more aware of the genucife there.
@peterlee building bridges has gone out of the language of the new world leaders who now call for isolation, populism is the trend today. I do hope that the war in Ukraine will unite Europe.
@Roundandroundwego The Russian people themselves are lovely, very friendly.. Their cultural history is outstanding. Brilliant authors, musicians, artists.
@Roundandroundwego We have moved far from the topic of this post though. Any form of war, nuclear in particular is horrific. Let us think today though of the fallen of Hiroshima, they did not deserve that horrific death.
@peterlee of course. It's not in our plans to understand how we're sliding closer to nuclear war at the present!, t That's not related to this topic. The horror . The absolute horror of Hiroshima is unique in history and stands alone. -( I apologize for being too focussed on the current threat, and dragging politics into a non issue non hope non relevant, grief rich and sanctimonious majority moment.) my bad, me out - you good, you in!
