Indeed. All of the scientists were on board. I know this because my family was there. One of them was a 21 year old who was given sole responsibility for the design and computations for one component of the bomb. He would later work with Teller and Samuel Cohen on the hydrogen and neutron bombs respectively. In ‘48 it was he who informed Truman that the Soviets were weeks away from testing their bomb and stationing an observatory In Alaska was needed. Under Reagan he led the study advising going forward with the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) which forced the Soviets to compete financially eventually leading to bankrupting them. Revisionists are evil in the most Biblical sense.
I agree. It is a form of fundamental un-truth and deception. I despise it utterly.
On a personal level, I have tried to face the things our country has done that are less than laudable, and there are many of them.
I try to stare those things in the face and accept them, good or bad.
I always felt the was a great country.
But it wasn't just all the "good" things we did that ended up making it great.
It was the totality, both good and bad, that has made America what it became.
Just as it is with individual people. None of us are who we are, for better or worse, without those things we would rather not remember.
But, this despicable cowardice, this inability of people to accept and face up to this, resulting in the tearing down of monuments and such other revisionist activities, fills me with rage.
And one of the worst things is impressing our values of today on people who made decisions in 1945...never mind 1775 and 1861.
What an amazing reply Hockey Pop... thanks so much to you and rlmorel for sharing history and insights with us.