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| © Arthur Zulu 2002 | | | | So in this age of mutual assured destruction |
| Word Count: 722 | | | | (MAD) -- check your dictionary for synonyms, a |
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| publish this article electronically or in print as long | | | | case you don't have a nuclear shield over your |
| as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of | | | | head). And the doomsday clock ticks dangerously |
| your publication would be appreciated. | | | | close to the midnight hour! |
| WILL A NUCLEAR "ARMAGEDDON BE THE LAST | | | | Therefore, show me the signatories of the |
| WAR? (PART 2) | | | | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and show me |
| By Arthur Zulu | | | | the signatories of the Comprehensive Test Ban |
| Let's say that a full nuclear conflagration is going | | | | Treaty, and I will show you the hypocrites! |
| on right now at the North Pole. And let's suppose | | | | Now, just because you may not be around to tell |
| you are somewhere in the South Pole. | | | | what struck you during a nuclear war, let me tell |
| Although you are in the antipodes -- far away | | | | you the power of just one-megaton bomb! |
| from the scene of the nuclear war, you will not | | | | Act 1. Actor : Thermal Radiation (Call him Light |
| escape the blast, thefire, and the radiation. You will | | | | and Heat). |
| be so uncomfortable that you will suddenly find | | | | You are going to be blinded by a terrible flash of |
| yourself dancing to the tune of an maginary | | | | light that would pale Saul's experience into naught. |
| symphony. | | | | You will be vaporized by the intense heat of the |
| Now, let's shift the goal post of the nuclear action | | | | fireball. Your house, clothes, furniture and |
| half way around the world from the artic to the | | | | neighbors will end up in a fire twice the burning |
| equator. Do you think that you will still be dancing? | | | | power of the core of the sun! And your dead |
| Imagine the nukes now exploding and flying | | | | body will be bathed by a black sooty rain! |
| around down under in Antarctica. What will be | | | | Act 2. Actor: Air Blast. (Call him wind). A terrible |
| your fate? Or the fate of the smallest living | | | | hurricane generated by the nuclear blast carries |
| things? Or what do you think the fire and the | | | | you, your house, and debris, to where only God |
| heat will be doing to the ice? Well, your guess is | | | | knows! You and your neighbors suffocate to |
| as good as mine. | | | | death with pieces of glass and metal buried in |
| Thousands in Asia and Europe who suffered the | | | | your body. Your ears, eyes and lungs rupture. |
| nuclear inter when the nuclear plant in Chernobyl, | | | | Your flesh is hanging from your body and |
| Russia leaked accidentally can give you an | | | | dragging on the ground, and your hair standing on |
| introductory lesson on nuclear crisis. But the | | | | end. |
| lecture may not be complete because those who | | | | Act 3. Actor: Radiation. (Call him the undertaker) |
| died from the leakage, and who were buried in | | | | Your body is given a special treat by neutrons |
| raised sealed metal graves (to prevent | | | | and gamma rays. Result? Nausea, vomiting, |
| contamination), will not bearound to give you the | | | | convulsion, tremor, ataxia, hemorrhaging and |
| postscript. | | | | lethargy are your friends. And cancer, infertility, |
| Now, look at this parade of weapons of mass | | | | abortion, diarrhea, weakness, nervous disorder, |
| destruction --5,000 nuclear weapons on hair - | | | | deformed children, stillborn and infectious diseases |
| trigger alert, 4,000 intercontinental ballistic missiles | | | | are your relatives. And if you die or are mortally |
| (2,000 on either sideof the Atlantic) and 1,000 | | | | wounded, flies and maggots will be your |
| submarine ballistic missiles, all set, to wreak havoc, | | | | attendants. |
| at any time! | | | | The unfortunate survivor will have only one |
| But the United States and Russia are not the only | | | | inglorious job -- gathering and lighting of dead |
| countries having these instruments of death. | | | | bodies, and die in the end by an epidemic. Or if |
| Never mind that the weapons have been reduced | | | | there are no survivors, vultures and scavengers |
| (new ones are added), and never mind that they | | | | (if any are left), will eat, to eat no more. |
| have agreed not to aim the missiles at each other | | | | You can choose now. Would you like to die or to |
| (it can be reloaded within seconds). | | | | survive the coming nuclear disaster? Whatever |
| The fact is that apart from the traditional five | | | | your choice is, do not write a will. Because there |
| nuclear club nations -- The United States, Russia, | | | | will be no property or inheritors! |
| Britain, France and China, some rogue states -- | | | | The land, the vegetation and the waters will be |
| Iran, Iraq and North Korea are in possession of | | | | left, though too poisoned to sustain life. But which |
| the deadly weapons. And these rogue states -- | | | | survivor (if at all) would like to inherit a poisoned |
| axis of evil (apologies to George Bush Jr.) cannot | | | | estate? |
| be trusted, (no wonder the U.S. has donned a | | | | |