79 years ago
Let us pray for another 79 (or more) without another use.
Carry on.
Post edit: was cruusing in the Buff and played this tune out,,, when the part came up, mentioning the Enola Gay ‘on the edge of the shockwave’,,, my mind started pondering the thoughts that may have been going through Tibbets skull. I read the book many many years back, but dont recall that particular point being broached,,,
He had to know that EVERYTHING had just turned on that one blast: the whole planet had just pivoted in space/time and the course had changed. How weighty that feeling must have been. Granted, he was a mere ‘messenger’ not the brains behind it,
But messengers often pay the price
Oppenheimer had grave misgivings about it and was quite vocal of them.
Even Einstein; who didnt actively participate in the development, but supplied some of the ideas behind it, shared misgivings of the ‘big stick’.
I thought 1986 was the beginning of the end to the nightmare. And here we are. Two ‘superpowers’ with aging questionable reliablity arsenals, and younger upcoming countries with not so questionable “toys”.
I can only hope the restraint shown for 79 years remains the norm.
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I had similar hopes as well, in 1986. Didn’t work out all that well in hindsight. All those $%&*( ASSHOLES that have become nukuler (sic) powers recently, without having the common sense that *SHOULD* go with the ability to use ’em is worrying.
I, as well, hope fervently that we can get by another 79 years with another case of canned sunshine!
Y’all take care & keep laughing & loading,
Mike in FLA.
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August 6, 2024 at 7:16 am
Where I live , it will be over quite quickly. Flash, bang…GONE.
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August 7, 2024 at 6:24 am