THE U.S. USES THE "THREAT" OF NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION AS THE BASIS OF ITS WAR POLICIES SINCE HIROSHIMA AUGUST 6, 1945

FROM JOHN PILGER... excerpt: "The most enduring lie is that the atomic bomb was dropped to end the war in the Pacific and save lives. "Even without the atomic bombing attacks," concluded the United States Strategic Bombing Survey of 1946, "air supremacy over Japan could have exerted sufficient pressure to bring about unconditional surrender and obviate the need for invasion. Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts, and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that ... Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated."" FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20444.htm