"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Robert Oppenheimer, remembering his first thoughts from the Bhagavad Gita at the Trinity Test, July 16, 1945
"It's a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon. This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces." President Trump, February 28, 2026
Reflections on Hiroshima and the Veteran Suicide Epidemic
The nuclear bombings caused ~340,000 Japanese deaths and 150K–300K global fallout casualties. Compare the costs of Afghanistan, Iraq and related Middle East wars just to US forces since 9/11: ~11,000 US armed forces and contractors killed. Over 877,450 “invisibly” brain-wounded Traumatic Brain injuries alongside 53,700 visibly wounded. Over 163,000 Veteran suicides. Over 110,000 Veteran deaths due to prescribed drug overdose deaths.
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