Fatah+Israel+US, Pigeon, A-bomb, etc.

!!! “… [A]n unofficial alliance between Fatah, Israel and the United States has begun to consider a military way to force Hamas out.  In the name of ‘security reform’, America is financing a training camp outside Jericho for the Palestinians’ Force 17, a recruitment pool for the presidential guard.  Israel has sanctioned the transfer of heavier weapons and allowed Fatah’s Tanzim militia to rearm…” !!!  (The Economist, November 4th)

自民党造反議員の復党問題。戻すことに反対している議員より、「戻してくれ」と頼んでいるヤツらの方がよっぽど問題。

核保有議論封鎖問題。鳩山さん（民主）には西村真悟政務次官（当時）が核武装を論じたときの自分自身の発言を思い出してもらいたい。ハトさんにはもう魅力なし。

Daniel Ortega wins Nicaragua presidential election.
Republicans loses House majority in US.

“American Prometheus” は、重要な章（“Now We’re All Sons-of-Bitches”）に入った。ドイツ降伏で原子爆弾の投下目的がなくなったあと、米国政府はすぐに日本に目を向ける。

まず、1945 年３月の東京大空襲について。

The fire bombing was no secret.  Ordinary Americans read about he raids in their newspapers.  Thoughtful people understood that strategic bombing of cities raised profound ethical questions.  “I remember Mr. Stimson [the secretary of war] saying to me,” Oppenheimer later remarked, “that he thought it appalling that there should be no protest over the air raids which we were conducting against Japan, which in the case of Tokyo led to such extraordinary heavy loss of life.  He didn’t say that the air strikes shouldn’t be carried on, but he did think there was something wrong with a country where no one questioned that…” (p. 293)

ソ連に開発の情報を原爆使用の前に明らかにして、戦後の軍備競争を防ごうとするOppie やBohr ら、また５月31日の“Interim Committee” でソ連の科学者を核実験実施の際に迎えてはどうかというGeorge Marshall 将軍の考えは、受け入れらなかった。

But [James F.] Byrnes was already beginning to think of the bomb as an American diplomatic weapon.  Running roughshod over Oppenheimer’s and Marshall’s arguments, the secretary of state-designate reinforced Lawrence by insisting that they had to “push ahead as fast as possible in [atomic] production and research and make certain that we stay ahead and at the same time make every effort to better our political relations with Russia.”  (p.295)

The Soviets would not be adequately informed about the Manhattan Project, and the bomb would be used on a Japanese city without warning.  (p. 297)