Monday, June 20, 2005

WMD, American-style: It's 60 Years Since Alamogordo

By Mickey Z.

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  1. Actually, the first A bomb wasn’t exploded at Alamogordo, about eighty miles from where I am writing this. It was detonated outside of Socorro, about 140 miles from where I am writing this. It is located on he Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range; in this state, distance is huge. It’s called the Trinity site and it is out in the middle of nowhere, 12 miles east of San Antonio 54 miles west of Carizzozo. Here’s really bad map:
    http://www.huntel.com/~artpike/trinmap1.jpg

    Here’s an astronaut photo:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TrinitySiteISS008-E-5604.jpg

    Anyway, this is one of the less flattering things about New Mexico.

    Posted by Kurt Nimmo from  on  06/20  at  10:43 PM

  2. Congratulations on another great article, Mickey. You seem to have said it all in this one. There is not much more that can be added. Yes, I remember being told by my teachers and all of the adults around me that the bomb was dropped to save lives. As a child, I believed that.  Yes, we are all “Downwinders”. Troy, New York got a good dose of radiation because as the radioactive cloud came overhead, it started to rain. Some people in this location still blame their cancers and other health problems on that radioactive rainstorm.  Maybe the most important message that I got from your article is that the U.S. is STILL killing people “to save lives”. Sadly many believe that big lie.

    Posted by rosemarie jackowski from downwind  on  06/21  at  08:12 AM

  3. This is how today’s media would report that WWII invasion at Normandy:
    June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY- Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America’s invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children. Most of the French casualties were the result of artillery fire from American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops.

    Reports from a makeshift hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American invasion was running high. “We are dying for no reason,” said a Frenchman speaking on condition of anonymity. “Americans can’t even shoot straight. I never thought I’d say this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler.”

    The invasion also caused severe environmental damage.  American troops, tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out, threatening the species with extinction. A representative of Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to stall the invasion for over a year, was appalled at the destruction, but not surprised. “This is just another example of how the military destroys the environment without a second thought,” said Christine Moanmore. “And it’s all about corporate greed.” Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the invasion was based solely on American financial interests. “Everyone knows that President Roosevelt has ties to big beer,” said Pierre LeWimp. “Once the German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt’s beer cronies will control the world market and make a fortune.”

    Administration supporters said America’s aggressive actions were based in part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who sent a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were developing a secret weapon, a so-called “atomic bomb.” Such a weapon could produce casualties on a scale never seen before and cause environmental damage that could last for thousands of years. Hitler has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors were unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long weekends in Germany. Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced that Germanprisoners had been abused by Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called “concentration camps” has been rumored but so far, remains unproven.
    Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion and French officials are concerned that the corpses pose a public health risk “The Americans should have planned for this in advance,” they said.
    “It’s their mess and we don’t intend to clean it up.”

    Posted by Sol from uzbekistan  on  07/16  at  10:09 PM
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