Certainly it seems now that nothing could have been more obvious to the people of the earlier twentieth century than the rapidity with which war was becoming impossible. And as certainly they did not see it. They did not see it until the atomic bombs burst in their fumbling hands. Yet the broad facts must […]
Nuclear Quotes
We Americans, we’re a simple people… but piss us off, and we’ll bomb your cities.
It’s Christmas at Ground Zero The button has been pressed The radio Just let us know That this is not a test Everywhere the atom bombs are droppin’ It’s the end of all humanity No more time for last minute shoppin’ It’s time to face your final destiny. It’s Christmas at Ground Zero Now the […]
There will be no nuclear war. There’s too much real estate involved.
Nuclear bonus effects: Desirable damage or casualties produced by the effects from friendly nuclear weapons that cannot be accurately calculated in targeting as the uncertainties involved preclude depending on them for a militarily significant result.
Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear (pronounced ‘nookular’) combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies.
The atom bomb will never go off – and I speak as an expert in explosives.
The lesson we should learn – and the frightening thing which we did learn in the course of the war, was – how easy it is to kill people when you turn your mind to it. When you turn the resources of modern science to the problem of killing people, you realize how vulnerable they […]
Japan was at that very moment seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of ‘face’… It wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.
First we got the bomb and that was good, ‘Cause we love peace and motherhood. Then Russia got the bomb, but that’s O.K., ‘Cause the balance of power’s maintained that way! Who’s next? France got the bomb, but don’t you grieve, ‘Cause they’re on our side (I believe). China got the bomb, but have no […]
