TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart One year before my mother gave birth to me, Japan surrendered and WWII came to an end. President Harry Truman knew that the war was won, but to prevent the loss of more American lives. he made the most controversial decision in the history of the world. Truman ordered the murder of tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. It was of no interest to many of our nation’s leaders because they were Japanese. On August 6, 1945, 80 years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and on August 9, 1945, another weapon of mass destruction leveled the city of Nagasaki. [The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killed an estimated 100,000 to 146,000 people by the end of 1945, with Hiroshima accounting for roughly 66,000 to 140,000 deaths, and Nagasaki for approximately 39,000 to 70,000. Many more deaths occurred in the following years due to radiation-related illnesses like cancer, leading to combined total death tolls of over 200,000, wi...

I criticize our government and the mainstream media because everything I write is true. For example, over the last nine years, I revealed a fact which everyone knows, including our leaders in Washington: Vladimir Putin is Trump’s handler, and it is Putin who pulls Trump’s strings and controls our nation’s future. Every man and woman in our government was aware that Putin interfered in our 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections, and he was successful. These were acts of war, but no one suggested a suitable and appropriate response. How many members of our government are loyal to Putin and not to the American people? Courage to simply do the right thing is the missing component in our government today. Putin is Hitler without the bravado and screaming. His goal always has been world domination, and that begins and ends with the fall of the United States. The invasion of Ukraine was not only illegal and immoral, it was a big mistake. Putin’s forces have been decimated, and the financial cost is o...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   As of today, June 24, 2023, the United States of America remains the only nation to use nuclear power to murder tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.  [Hiroshima: 70,000–126,000 civilians killed 20,000 soldiers killed 12 Allied prisoners of war Nagasaki: 60,000–80,000 killed (within 4 months) 150+ soldiers killed 8–13 Allied prisoners of war Total killed: 129,000–226,000.] Governments declare and create wars. The military executes these tragedies. Regardless of the nation or the situation, innocent civilians are always victims of their governments, offering their lives and their quality of life for those who are designated to serving our nation, while our elected officials frequently profit from the carnage. In the 1980’s our political and corrupt government created one national holiday in February and declared it “President’s Day.” This was a self-serving and terrible decision. Prior to this mistake, we, as a nation, celebrated Abra...