Destruction Postponed

On June 2nd, the US military planned to detonate a 700-TON nuclear explosive charge in a test called "Divine Strake" that would send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas, a senior defense official reported.

But, wait! There’s more!

The sound and light show has been postponed.

Seems the 700-TON nuclear bomb that was scheduled to be detonated underground in the Nevada Desert on June 2, 2006, will instead be detonated on June 23, 2006.

This is not defense! We have the biggest, baddest military on earth. Everyone knows it; no one disputes it. Why do we need bigger, badder nukes? The bomb that the Bush administration wants to test makes the ones we dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers. If we were to use a nuclear weapon preemptively, it would be unconscionable--cold blooded murder. If in reaction to our saber-rattling someone were to use one on us first, it would be too late.

Wake Up, People!