In recent news reports coming out of Iran regarding the development of nuclear what-ever, one has to ponder what it might mean if a regime headed by a president who believes he has a direct link to the Prophet (Allah), had the ability to carry out jihad with the push of a button.
One also has to ponder what type of retaliation might come from a country who was the recipient of said atomic jihad.
Being from the era where children were taught from an early age exactly what nuclear weapons were capable of doing, anyone who remembers the lessons of the 1950's and 1960's might want to share exactly how they felt when faced with the ever present threat of "the bomb".
The population of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is not quite the same as say, Los Angeles or New York, 2006. If the September 11th attacks were enough to send one into shock for days, weeks, months or years; then imagine what might happen if the Iranian's decided to lob a similar device in the direction of the US.
Diplomacy is all well and good, depending upon the rationality of either or both nations at the table.
Ask yourself, are you comfortable with Iran (or any such state for the matter) in possession of, or near possession of a weapon of this magnitude?
Are you comfortable with the thought that this could be your city and this could be the remains of your daughter, son, mother, father or spouse.
There is little press analysis; apparently the birth of a celebrity's child is more important than the possibility of an Armageddon.
It is time for all citizens to be wary; conventional weapons are horrifying, but nuclear weapons - that's another story.
Shock and Awe may be in order: I believe the adage: "Bomb the back to the stoneage" may apply in this instance. Spoken out of fear and sanity.
Hiroshima City, August 6, 1945
Nagasaki, The Aftermath, August 10, 1945
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