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...weeks earlier was about the future of atomic warfare, and yes, the ceremony in Hiroshima was covered by world news media. But let’s face it—the space shuttle and Raphael Palmiero have been getting far more press. On Tuesday, the sixtieth anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, “Runaway bride mows lawn as part of service” was one of the top stories on Yahoo news. Nagasaki was nowhere to be found...
This national ignorance is chilling because it is just as important to remember what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki today as it was 50 years ago. Unlike during the Cold War, when we felt the specter of atomic warfare breathing down our backs every day and marshaled our country’s whole attention to fight it, today we live in an insulated world where Dr. Strangelove’s doomsday scenario seems like fiction. Although we hear of dirty bombs and nuclear programs, and polls have shown that most Americans fear a nuclear attack, there is not nearly...
...been said that history repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time. If we are to make sure that atomic weapons are never used again, we must keep the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continually echoing in the world?...
...right it enjoys under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to enrich uranium for energy purposes. Tehran's action this week ended its year-long voluntary suspension of uranium conversion activities. Its top representative to the IAEA was combative yesterday, saying that on the anniversary of the bomb that destroyed Nagasaki, the U.S. was in "no position whatsoever to preach to anyone about what they should or should not do in their nuclear program...
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, when atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki drove Japan to accept defeat in history's bloodiest conflict. Japan has focused on peaceful economic development over the intervening six decades, and can take much of the credit for Asia's 20th century boom. But recent debate over issues such as Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, or reforms to its pacifist constitution to allow a standing army, has made some of its neighbors uneasy...