Chapter 601: Opposition to Nuclear Weapons

"Oppose nuclear weapons! They are a serious destructive force on the Earth!"

"Nuclear radiation will affect the entire world. The United States is causing serious damage to the world's environment!"

Crowds holding signs launched a massive parade in Western countries. A circle, a vertical line and two diagonal lines combined together form their logo, which is also a logo that is popular all over the world: It was mentioned by Bertrand Russell, leader of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and designed by the famous commercial artist Gerald Holton.

During World War II, Holton became a staunch anti-war activist. He used the signals in the naval flag as design elements to design a peace and anti-war symbol that has swept the world. In the naval flag, the signalman holds two flags, pointing down at a 45-degree angle to represent "N", and one of the two flags pointing up and the other pointing down to represent "D". "N" and "D" are the abbreviations of the English words "nuclear disarmament".

The symbol also has other meanings, with the lines in the circle suggesting the human body and the circle symbolizing the Earth. Holton also said that he was painting himself: a representation of a desperate man, with his hands hanging down, palms facing forward, just like Goya's painting "The Shooting of the Insurgents on the Night of May 3, 1808".

Now, the anti-nuclear banner has been raised high, and large-scale movements have erupted in Europe and the United States.

In London, more than one million people took to the streets, declaring their desire for nuclear disarmament. In the United States, protests broke out everywhere, especially at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant on the Susqueha River in Pennsylvania. Just two years ago, a nuclear power plant leak occurred here. Although the accident did not cause any casualties, it was strongly opposed by the American people, and demonstrations continued.

The massive anti-nuclear movement has once again reached a climax. This is a social movement against the use of nuclear energy. Most of the participants are environmentalists or professionals. Peace organizations including Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace have begun to step onto their stage.

The West advocates democracy and freedom, and any ideas can be shouted out loud! For anti-nuclear people, they don’t care what the US’s political stance is or who the US’s enemies are. In short, they just can’t bear to see anyone using nuclear weapons in the world!

Are you kidding? They even hate nuclear power plants and wish to destroy all the nuclear power plants in the world. Nuclear power plants only produce radiation when they produce nuclear materials and process nuclear waste. They believe that they are damaging the global village. In their eyes, they wish to get rid of all radiation and live a primitive life of slash-and-burn agriculture, which is the healthiest and most original.

Now, the US government actually dared to detonate a nuclear bomb in a country. This is simply an act of serious destruction to the global village! Moreover, if Iraq's anti-missile system had not been activated at the time, causing the nuclear bomb to miss the target, how many innocent civilians would have died if it had really hit Baghdad! There are still many Western civilians in Baghdad!

The demonstrations quickly spread across the world.

"These people are just idiots!" Listening to the wave of demonstrations outside, Bush sat in his chair and said, "This is the most effective solution to the problem, and these ignorant guys are actually demonstrating against us!"

How much weapons and equipment has the United States lost, and how many soldiers have been sacrificed? The United States cannot drain its own blood and slowly wither away. It must quickly resolve this dispute! The United States cannot give up Saudi Arabia. This is a basic principle!

Unfortunately, there are too few smart people in this country.

"President Reagan, how is it?" Just then, the door outside was pushed open and Reagan walked in with an unhappy look on his face.

Hearing Bush's question, Reagan said: "A few congressmen are against our nuclear attack, but most of them understand the reason, especially after I analyzed our economy, they all shut up."

Reagan went to the Congress to answer questions. When using nuclear weapons, Reagan had absolute power, but Congress also had the power to impeach the president! He had to go to the Congress to explain.

Thinking of the aggressive questions from a few congressmen, Reagan felt that he was able to fight back successfully thanks to his previous talent as an actor. When it comes to public speaking, no one can compare to him!

In fact, those congressmen were just trying to attract attention. When Reagan laid everything out in the open and told Congress that if the conventional war continued, Congress would need to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars, the congressmen shut up instantly.

"Okay, that's the best. We will issue an ultimatum to Iraq. If they don't stop their aggression, the next nuclear bomb will fall on Baghdad!" Bush's words were loud and clear.

The Iraqi top brass knows what is going on! This is also a deterrent, but this time the deterrent is based on facts. The next nuclear bomb will not be easy to hit!

"If that happens, these people outside will blow our roof off our house," Reagan said. The United States is a democratic country, and those people outside are just expressing their wishes reasonably, so even if he is the president, he cannot order the anti-riot police to disperse them.

"This is also the fastest way to resolve the war," Bush said. "Right now, the Iraqi top brass is leaderless and in disarray. I heard that the army has supported Saddam's eldest son Uday as president. After all, he is just a young man under 20 years old. I'm afraid he has wet his pants because of our nuclear bombs."

"What if the Iraqis don't surrender?" Reagan asked. "Can we really launch a nuclear bomb and blow up Baghdad?"

Bush shook his head: "Believe me, the Iraqis are about to collapse. To them, the casualties of civilians may not matter, but their own lives are very valuable."

Bush completely believed in his own judgment. Saddam was the real Middle East tycoon. Now, intelligence has confirmed that Saddam is dead, killed by his own stealth aircraft. The new president is Uday. This is simply applauded!

Iraq has always been a country with a tradition of coups. Now, is Iraq going to start a civil war? Will those guys in the military who hold military power covet the presidency?

The United States only needs to make a little more effort! A divided Middle East and a divided Iraq are what the United States wants to see most!

"Mr. President, the Jordanian ambassador informed us that Jordan has decided to close their airspace." Just then, the Secretary of State hurried over and said.