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In reply to the discussion: US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina - secret document [View all]icarusxat
(403 posts)20. Well known
and one of the reasons I chose to serve. I wanted to know, first hand, what our country was doing on our behalf. What I found out was not scary, or even treacherous. What I did learn, is that there are many different opinions regarding what it takes to keep us safe.
I sleep well at night. Mostly because I know that none of what we see is permanent. And, like Goethe said, "Alles vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichness."
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US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina - secret document [View all]
bananas
Sep 2013
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Goldsboro revisited: account of hydrogen bomb near-disaster over North Carolina – declassified docum
bananas
Sep 2013
#2
May have been part of the U.S. "Operation Northwoods" to drum up support for a War against Cuba:
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2013
#5
But what you "know" is wrong and directly contradicted by the just-released document.
bananas
Sep 2013
#29
Considering that I was working from years old memory, I think I did pretty well. N/T
GreenStormCloud
Sep 2013
#40
I actually know someone who would have been privy to the information about the safeties
davidpdx
Sep 2013
#43
That was the first thing that came to mind. I belive they cover the NC story in thge docu? No?
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2013
#22
Music video for that quote, which is engraved on Max Weber's grave in Heidelberg:
freshwest
Sep 2013
#45
Three fail safes failed but the fourth and last one worked, preventing the catastrophe.
Kablooie
Sep 2013
#25
Recommended: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," by James Douglass.
Peace Patriot
Sep 2013
#26