Hiroshima Never Again

[IndianaGreen]

Commemorations of the August 1945 nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are occasions when the demand is raised for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. Hiroshima is a stark reminder of the devastation that weapons of mass destruction cause and a time to demand an end to the terror of nuclear annihilation.

Hiroshima Never Again

Dr Hannah Middleton

Nuclear weapons are the only weapons capable of destroying civilisation and the human species.

Nuclear weapons have not disappeared. The United States, France, Britain, Russia, China, Israel, Pakistan, India and DPRK together still have more than 28,000 nuclear weapons. Of these, 3,500 are on hair-trigger alert, ready to be fired in moments, creating an appalling danger of an accidental nuclear exchange.

Billions of dollars are spent on nuclear weapons and associated war machines while huge numbers of people die of hunger.

Australia is directly involved through its alliance with the United States and the US bases here, especially the ballistic missile launch detection system at Pine Gap. Australia is also involved through the export of uranium.

The threat of catastrophe

The US is upgrading its nuclear arsenal. But the more the US relies on nuclear weapons, the more other countries will do so too. The more nuclear weapons in the world, the more likely they will end up in the hands of terrorists.

The longer nations rely on nuclear weapons, the more likely it is that they will be used, by accident or design. Nuclear superiority is useless when nuclear weapons can fall into the hands of terrorist groups. Then even great and powerful states face nuclear devastation by far weaker opponents.

http://cpa.org.au/garchve08/1377hirosh.html

[ben_meyers]

1. I would hope that Japan has learned a lesson

and will never bomb Pearl Harbor again. Problem solved.

[MikeE]

2. Thanks for the post

I posted this yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psnjX0_k2MY