Quote for 2011-03-20

[ri...@math.missouri.edu]

In July of 1946, the United States selected Bikini Atoll as the site to
explode two atomic bombs in an experiment known as "Operation
Crossroads." It should be pointed out that the "Able" and "Baker" atomic
bombs of "Operation Crossroads" were detonated the year before the
signing of the 1947 Trust agreement, and we now view that fact of history
as evidence of how the United States would administer its "trust" in the
Pacific. Under a United Nations Trust agreement, the US exploded 66
atomic and hydrogen bombs in our islands, and even as I speak to you today,
my people are continuing to suffer from the radioactive legacy of these
barbaric nuclear weapons tests.
In my traditional language there is no word for "enemy," but yet, we now
consider it an act of war that the United States came to our islands for only
one purpose: to explode nuclear weapons in the name of US national
security. [...]
If nothing else, my people serve as a warning to all of humanity about what
nuclear weapons do to human beings. Please, for the sake of our children
and our children's children, let us heed the warning by replacing an
unchecked nuclear arms race with international cooperation and a sane
world order.
-- Sen. Jeton Anjain, Rongelap, Republic of Marshall Islands

From: Kerry Miller <ASTI...@KSUVM.KSU.EDU>

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