Grim.

Bettman/CORBIS

“…..the more experience I had with the Soviet leaders and other heads of state who knew them, the more I began to realize that many Soviet officials feared us not only as adversaries but as potential aggressors who might hurl nuclear weapons at them in a first strike; because of this, and perhaps because of a sense of insecurity and paranoia with roots reaching back to the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Hitler, they had aimed a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons at us.”

Just wait until some who care less about deterrance obtain nuclear weapons…. .

http://theweek.com/articles/584746/newly-declassified-documents-reveal-how-america-missed-major-nuclear-war-scare

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-1983-war-scare-soviet-leadership-feared-nuclear-surprise-attack-by-us/2015/10/24/15a289b4-7904-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83

And if this does not make you angry…. .

Still these donations were only the tip of the Iran Lobby iceberg.

Iranian American Political Action Committee, a political action – lobbyist group, donated to several Democratic Senators who, surprise surprise, have no objections to the recent Iranian Nuke deal.

Traitors indeed.   Obama, Kerry and Biden too.

70 Years Ago

Hiroshima.  And a few days or so later, Nagasaki.

Over at blog.360cities.net there are some interesting 360 degree panoramic visuals… .

http://www.360cities.net/image/hiroshima-after-atomic-bomb-nuclear-5-ground-zero#466.00,0.88,34.2

 

Sums it up.

 

Light posting for the holidays, as I am traveling… .

In the meantime, contemplate current events.

In the context of this:

http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/18/technology/security/energy-grid-hack/index.html

And perhaps some predictions:

http://news.yahoo.com/2015-security-predictions-iot-attacks-113600476.html;_ylt=AwrBEiQLOpRUmmcAdr3QtDMD

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/house-cyber-chair-warns-first-sony-next-the-electric-grid-wall-street/article/2557607

Or worse:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-02-08/currency-wars-often-lead-trade-wars-which-turn-can-devolve-hot-wars

And then have fun with this site:

http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Enjoy, and Happy Holiday Merry Christmas!