U.S. Atomic Bombing of Japan in 1945

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Yes, I agree with the article that says the loosing the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is the no. 1 story of this century. Consider where we are in the world today. Because of our creation of the weapon, and making two chilling demonstrations of its power, other nations have taken liberty upon themselves to make it as well, so that they would not become inferior on a global comparison. Only about forty years ago, the tension created by the major imbalance of power due to the atomic bombs almost jumped into another war, except it narrowly avoided. This was the Cold War, a sort of look into what could eventually happen in the future: an all-out nuclear war.
And now, because of us (the U.S) seven other nations now posses nuclear weapons; these nations include Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, and North Korea (who had assembled their bomb just recently). The atomic bombs are still a center of conflict today, because the U.S.'s initial reason for entering Iraq was to disarm all supposed nuclear weapons and their plants. But the fact that a full-scale conflict hasn’t erupted yet since the Cold War is amazing in itself. But peace doesn’t last. I that that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki set in motion something that humankind will have to suffer in too soon a time, let alone the number of people who have already suffered immensely from it. The bombs were truly a first: it wiped out a complete city in a few seconds flat, it introduced to us death by radiation, and most importantly, it introduced chemical warfare (which is becoming more and more common in the arsensal of military weapons today). Honestly, I cannot think of a news story that has such an enormous effect worldwide as this event has.

While the list propagated is mostly accurate, I would like to change a few things around. “The first mass market personal computers” at 31 should be moved to no. 10, because now, computers run in the background of companies and small businesses alike, and also in our daily life. Having a computer that fills an entire room and weighs a ton would not be sufficient at all for everyday use. But, in 1977, the first personal computer made it possible to downsize the originally enormous computer into something anyone can access.

Another list item that should change is “Deadly AIDS disease identified. 1981”, placed at 25. This item should be placed around 15 because it is a deadly disease that since it discovery has been racking the world, especially in the poorer, less fortunate countries. Plus, it is thus far an incurable disease, leaving many infected victims to die a guaranteed death.