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That's great. That's great.
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
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Just some numbers to put into relation :
| Casualties |
Hiroshima:- 90,000–166,000 killed
Nagasaki:- 60,000–80,000 killed
Total killed (by end of 1945): 150,000–246,000
Source: Wikipedia - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
And then, in the aftermath of the decision to wipe those cities off the map, the United States said "That worked great. Let's make thousands more of those."
This country is vomitous.
Well, the US and every other 1st world country. Nobody wants to be the guy without nuclear weapons when the nuclear war starts - the ones that can't defend themselves would be easy first targets. That's what the cold war was all about - 2 countries, each just waiting for the other to drop the bomb they're sure is coming eventually.
And we’ve had some very close calls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_close_calls