A CERTAINTY
Do you ever wonder, "What's the plan? Do we have a plan? Is a plan even necessary? What if we don't have a plan? Does it even matter?" The first response to these questions is "What are you talking about?" "Who needs a plan and for what?"
Interesting questions for which no thought has been given. I'm what many would call elderly. In my grade school we had a plan. At home we had a "homemade" bomb shelter in the basement stocked with various foodstuffs - - it was a plan. Our government actually believed there was a possibility we could have a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. And what is somewhat remarkable, in retrospect, they had a plan. Whether this plan would have been effective now seems doubtful. But they had a plan.
We have no plan. Back then there were two countries with nuclear weapons - - manageable. Today it would probably be impossible to know how many countries have nuclear weapons. The only country, to my knowledge who gave up their nuclear weapons was Ukraine and look where that got them.
The other factor which seems to be an axiom of modern life is that if we have a technology, we will use it; and by that I mean the human population of this planet. It's progress. It is inevitable that hydrogen bombs will be used on earth - - it is a certainty. Best not to think about it. I've got too many other things to worry about; no sense in losing sleep over the possibility of being fried by a nuke or quickly eaten by radiation spreading over the continent,
It is merely a matter of time, though, that some scout troop like Al Qaeda gets their hands on a nuclear weapon and will use it. We have no plan. We may not see it, but our children will and they also will not have a plan; they too will have other things to worry about, other problems to solve, careers to pursue; no time for a plan; it just doesn't fit.
We simply don't want to think about it which in a way is understandable; but you would think that our government would give it some thought. Maybe they have and simply aren't telling us. That would be good, but for some reason I doubt this has happened or somewhere somehow we would have heard about it. The only plan seems to be retaliation - - multiplying the amount of radiation swirling around the planet on the jet stream. We would not only be liquidating the enemy, but radiating the rest of the planet including us.
So, I guess I'll just join the throng; don't give it a thought. We have more important things to consider anyway such as immigrants and the price of gas and hamburger, interest rates, and the cost of insurance. Too much happening to worry about Armageddon.
Richard E H Phelps II
Mingo
