History can be described as “the consequences of consequences” suggests our guest, Salim Mansur. Consequently, like any science, history too is never “settled.”
Nothing could illustrate this principle more clearly than Salim’s latest analysis of the history behind America’s irrational hatred of all things Russian, which startlingly has a direct connection to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War 2.
Harry Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons in Japan came on the heels of their successful development made possible by the Manhattan Project. The bombing of Hiroshima marked the break in America’s wartime alliance with Russia, instantly converting an ally into an enemy, argues Salim. It was also the “first shot taken in the cold war.”
It is a chilling account of the development of what has been called the “deep state” and of the military-industrial-complex with which it is associated. The Manhattan Project was itself evidence of a deep state already deeply entrenched, though then, as with revelations about today’s deep state, its existence was unknown – even to some of the highest officials in the country.
The great tragedy behind the bombings of Japan is that they were known at the time to be militarily unnecessary, and were sadly motivated by the Truman administration’s political considerations concerning America’s future relationship with Russia.
During his previous discussion on Just Right, Salim warned that a disinterest in history is a symptom of a nihilistic society since a culture or nation without a past cannot steer itself to a better future.
As if to illustrate this truth, his latest journey down the “rabbit hole” of history surrounding the Manhattan Project, the bombing of Japan, and America’s anti-Russian obsession, has revealed a world that today is close to repeating a tragic historical consequence far from being Just Right.
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