--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Iran supports Hezbollah. > Iran cannot be trusted. > The leader of Iran is a replica of Adolf Hitler. > His stated goal is to wipe out the United States and Israel. > We have the power to stop him quickly and painlessly. > We have ICBM's, and powerful Hydrogen Bombs, > Of 10-20 megaton capacity. > We can vaporize Iran in short time. > We invested enormous amounts of money; > Developing these weapons; > When else would they be used; > If not in this current situation with the madness; > Of Iran.
I am assuming that you are commenting on the likelihood of this happening, not advocating it. With that in mind, my friends from Los Alamos tell me that the United States is now officially building more *new* nuclear weapons each month (small "tactical" nukes this time) than they did at the height of the Cold War. This does not bode well for the planet, IMO. Can Maharishi call for a WPA in Santa Fe? It's a nice place...lots of spas and Ayurvedic clinics... I saw anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott speak in Santa Fe once, and she told an interesting story about one of her trips to the Soviet Union, and her perspective on how the Cold War ended. She showed her presentation on the medical effects of nuclear war (I've seen it...it's horrifying, and something that really hasn't been seen by most people on the planet *including* most of the world leaders since the 1950s) at a symposium at which Gorbachev was present. According to her, after the presentation he wept openly onstage (Gorbachev has children), held her hand and promised to do what he could to end the madness. Shortly afterwards the first real advances in nuclear disarmament began to take place. Just a comment with regard to your belief that one person can make a difference. Nukes are not an option. Anyone who has seen what they do to the human beings who survive the initial blast would know that. Unless they don't consider these people human beings, of course... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
