2009/10/10 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>: > Oppenheimer. The atomic bomb kept the peace for 50+ years, at least there > were no "major" shooting wars for 50 years because no one wanted to risk a > conventional war getting out of hand. Probably the first time that a weapon > was actually too terrible to use.
Interesting choice. He turned completely against nukes after seeing the actual devastation of the bombs used in Japan. A turnaround that made him victim of the Red Scare, even. However his role in the Manhattan Project probably keeps him off the list in the first place. As for "getting out of hand", it has just meant that all the nuclear states have turned to fighting their wars by proxies. No point in listing conflicts/wars under this umbrella, but looking at the amount of peace achieved your argument is a non-starter. But your candidate is good for his post-war engagement. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
