Essay Archive - Nuclear Weapons: Destructors or Saviors?
Nuclear Weapons: Destructors or Saviors?
When one thinks of complete and total annihilation, the plumage of an
infamous mushroom cloud is undoubtedly an image which comes to mind. This
ominous image is ". . . a tiger which must be looked in the eye," (Looking the
Tiger in the Eye, 1982). The reason for which we must examine the issue of
nuclear weapons, is best stated in the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer, ". . .
until we have looked this tiger in the eye, we shall ever be in the worst of all
possible dangers, of which we may back into him." In an attempt to prevent
ourselves from backing into th....
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