The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.
Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.
How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime?
As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.
If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.