Too bad I don't have as much time as I used to to write about politics, because there certainly is a lot to write about. Like today I just saw on TV that Obama said to Europeans that he wants to end the world of nuclear weapons.
To me that's about as naive as thinking that more gun laws will rid the world of guns. Imagine for a second Obama succeeded at making it nearly impossible for people like you and me to get guns. Say he succeeded in making guns illegal.
Well, guess what. Good guys like you and me may not be able to buy a gun, but bad guys will still be able to get a hold of illegal ones. And, assume even further that there were no guns in the world. People who want to kill will simply resort to knives.
So say Obama succeeds in getting rid of all European and U.S. nuclear weapons. You'd still have people who hate the U.S. -- like Iran and terrorists -- who will do everything in their power to find or create nukes of their own.
Oh, wait! Liberals think the reason people hate us is because of all the power we flaunt. Well, Obama, guess what? Nations hated us long before nukes were invented.
And, since the good guys have no nukes, that would give those bad guys a heck of a lot of power.
How the heck does Obama think the U.S. won the cold war anyway. It certainly wasn't by sending flowers to the U.S.S.R. No. It was by starting an arms race that a communist nation could not possibly win.
Likewise, by building up our war arsenal, no other sane leader would dare mess with the U.S.
Yet Obama wants to dumb down our military, and get rid of all nukes. Sure it sounds like a good idea on the surface. It might make some people feel good, "Yep, we got rid of all nukes."
But such naive thinking will not get rid of all the bad guys. Such naive thinking will do the world no justice. It's true: Obama's navie view of nuclear power is scary.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Claus Fuchs is the father of the nuclear arms race
In 1941 Claus Fuchs started providing secrets of the A-bomb that was being created by Robert J. Oppenheimer. In 1945 the A-bomb was not only invented, it was used by Truman in an attempt to end WWII -- it worked.
Oppenheimer and one of his helpers, Edward Teller, talked about making a super A-Bomb -- or the mother of all A-bombs -- the H-Bomb. This would be a bomb that would a nuclear fusion reaction the size of 100 A-bombs. It would also have the ability to destroy the earth as we know it.
And, obviously, it created that fear.
In 1945 the Soviets had no A-bombs, and they had absolutely no knowledge of how to build one. For that matter, the only country with this weapon and know-how was the U.S.
Yet, in 1949, the Soviet Union tested an a-bom with success. This made many in the FBI and CIA suspicious that there might be a double agent. Of course that agent turned out to be Fuchs. He, in turn, turned out to be the most disastrous spy in the history of civilization. It was because of Fuchs that we had the Cold War.
It was because of Fuchs that we had the arms race. And it was because of Fuchs that the war for peace was no longer an attempt to decrease arms, but to increase them.
Oppenheimer did not want to build the H-Bomb. While he was adviser to the president on nuclear policy, he advised Truman not to go through with it. He said he did not want any part of something that may end of destroying man kind as we know it.
Truman rejected Oppenheimers suggestion. Truman, wisely, believed if the U.S. did not develop the H-Bomb first and become efficient at using it before the Soviets, then the Soviets will have the upper hand. The U.S. cannot afford for that to happen.
So, he hired Teller to build the H-Bomb. Teller was more than eager. And he succeeded. And, shortly thereafter, the Soviets had an H-Bomb too. And it was in the early 50s that the soviets became the first to drop an H-bomb from a plan. Shortly thereafter the U.S. did the same.
In 1949 Fuchs was busted. In fact, he actually turned himself in to clear his conscience. But the damage was done. He, in turn, was the father of the nuclear race that we are still apart of today. Fuchs was the reason that we MUST stay ahead of the game in the arms race.
Lord knows had the Soviets had the upper hand, they would have destroyed the U.S. They tried in 1942, but thanks to a double agent who was on our side, that war was averted. And, like the Soviets, if the Iranians or the terrorists had the upper hand, the U.S. would be no more.
Oppenheimer and one of his helpers, Edward Teller, talked about making a super A-Bomb -- or the mother of all A-bombs -- the H-Bomb. This would be a bomb that would a nuclear fusion reaction the size of 100 A-bombs. It would also have the ability to destroy the earth as we know it.
And, obviously, it created that fear.
In 1945 the Soviets had no A-bombs, and they had absolutely no knowledge of how to build one. For that matter, the only country with this weapon and know-how was the U.S.
Yet, in 1949, the Soviet Union tested an a-bom with success. This made many in the FBI and CIA suspicious that there might be a double agent. Of course that agent turned out to be Fuchs. He, in turn, turned out to be the most disastrous spy in the history of civilization. It was because of Fuchs that we had the Cold War.
It was because of Fuchs that we had the arms race. And it was because of Fuchs that the war for peace was no longer an attempt to decrease arms, but to increase them.
Oppenheimer did not want to build the H-Bomb. While he was adviser to the president on nuclear policy, he advised Truman not to go through with it. He said he did not want any part of something that may end of destroying man kind as we know it.
Truman rejected Oppenheimers suggestion. Truman, wisely, believed if the U.S. did not develop the H-Bomb first and become efficient at using it before the Soviets, then the Soviets will have the upper hand. The U.S. cannot afford for that to happen.
So, he hired Teller to build the H-Bomb. Teller was more than eager. And he succeeded. And, shortly thereafter, the Soviets had an H-Bomb too. And it was in the early 50s that the soviets became the first to drop an H-bomb from a plan. Shortly thereafter the U.S. did the same.
In 1949 Fuchs was busted. In fact, he actually turned himself in to clear his conscience. But the damage was done. He, in turn, was the father of the nuclear race that we are still apart of today. Fuchs was the reason that we MUST stay ahead of the game in the arms race.
Lord knows had the Soviets had the upper hand, they would have destroyed the U.S. They tried in 1942, but thanks to a double agent who was on our side, that war was averted. And, like the Soviets, if the Iranians or the terrorists had the upper hand, the U.S. would be no more.
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