Lest We Forget

The egocentric worldview of the U.S. government is reaching extremes. Ignoring the United Nations and international law, the United States has resumed research to make nuclear weapons smaller and more usable.

--Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, during the remembrance ceremony this morning

The continued existence of nuclear stockpiles leaves the shadow of nuclear war hanging over our world – particularly given the existence of clandestine networks dealing in nuclear materials and the prospect of terrorists with extreme ambitions gaining access to these materials

--Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General


Some articles of interest:

How the Press Was Spun, showing how the US media was managed surrounding the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (so different from our instantaneous-news world, where even weather satellites would more than likely pick up a nuclear test).

Counter Punch, 'In the Shadow of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Cultural Conditions of Unconditional Surrender'.