Tag Archives: Nuclear Weapons

Lamar W. Hankins :
Propaganda and the atomic bomb 70 years later

The government, with the cooperation and collaboration of the media, used propaganda to justify the use of atomic bombs against Japan. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2015 I was only nine months old when … Continue reading

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Jack A. Smith :
Bury the bomb before it buries us

The U.S. and Russia are modernizing, improving, and extending the longevity by decades of the three prongs of their nuclear war triad. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2014 A quarter century after the Cold … Continue reading

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Jack A. Smith : Will Israel Bomb Iran?

Will Israel strike? Image from Gestetner Updates.Bombing Iran:Will they or won’t they? Iran insists it is not producing or about to produce nuclear weapons… Israel is known to possess at least 200 nuclear weapons and delivery systems. By Jack A. … Continue reading

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Ted McLaughlin : Republicans Play Political Football With START Treaty

Political cartoon by Matson / Roll Call. UPDATE: December 22, 2010 — The New START arms control treaty with Russia was ratified by the Senate today by a 71-26 vote, with 13 Republicans crossing the aisle to support it. But … Continue reading

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Marc Estrin : Awesome Days of Awe

The space between the pillars:Awesome days of awe By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 7, 2010 August 6th: Hiroshima. August 9th: Nagasaki. Three days in between. The days between close-set giant pillars take on special significance. Whatever … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : The Vultures and the Hawks

And the empire was off and running: The first atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on trailer cradle in pit. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Think outside the bomb:No nukes? No empire. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [A … Continue reading

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UT-Austin’s Kuperman : Bomb Iran’s Nukes

Image from Crusader Rabbit.UT non-proliferation ‘expert’ calls forMilitary strikes against Iran nuclear facilities [Alan J. Kuperman is] ‘director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,’ but his Christmas eve call to war relies on … Continue reading

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Israel and Iran : A Countdown to Tragedy?

During Iranian street demonstrations this summer a protester displays a photo of Mohammed Mossadegh, deposed by the Americans and the British in 1953 and replaced with the much-hated Shah Reza Pahlavi. Photo posted on Daily Kos, June 19, 2009. Who … Continue reading

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Obama Plays Nuclear Chess with Iran

President Obama discusses talks with Iran in Geneva, at White House Oct. 1, 2009. Photo by AFP.Is Obama putting Ahmadinejad on the defensive?The complex question of Iran’s nuclear plans By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / October 4, 2009 … Continue reading

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Iran’s Covert Nuke Sites : How Many Are There?

Uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom in Iran. Photo from Reuters.How many secret nuclear sites does Iran have? Secret facilities that evade the IAEA’s cameras and measuring devices can have only one purpose — to create nuclear … Continue reading

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A Nuclear Burma? My Oh Myanmar

Senior General Than Shwe, Burmese head of state.Nuclear weapons for Burma? It will do no one any good, including the Burmese people, to allow these bloodthirsty nuts to get nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading

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Obama’s Non-Nuclear World: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Thoughts

Hiroshima: Ten Years Later. “I’m Just Waiting For Death.” Those are the words of Mrs. Yoskio Nishikawa, 43, bedridden “A-Bomb widow” who lives on $22 a month in charity. Yukiko, 15, one of her four children, cools her forehead with … Continue reading

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