Oppenheimer, Bush, and the Bomb

A genuine peacemaker is aware of his destructive urges and potential. Bush is unaware of his destructive desires, of his pleasure at the possibility of destroying even more lives.
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When the U.S. exploded the first atomic bomb in 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer -- its inventor -- thought of the Bhagavad Gita and exclaimed, "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

He was suddenly aware of the destruction he had unleashed and its potential to destroy countless lives in one blast. Conscious awareness of his own role in developing this terrible weapon led him to work actively for peace, for the international control of atomic energy.

George W. Bush is unconsciously "the destroyer of worlds," who thinks he is protecting America by threatening Iran with military might. He is, however, the psychic inverse of Oppenheimer -- a destroyer who unconsciously desires to unleash even more destruction.

A genuine peacemaker is aware of his destructive urges and potential. Bush is unaware of his destructive desires, of his pleasure at the possibility of destroying even more lives. Today it is Iraq and Iran -- tomorrow it could be Indiana and Illinois. He must be removed from office before he breaks our entire world

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