by John Pilger
Source: http://johnpilger.com/articles/on-the-beach-2017-the-beckoning-of-nuclear-war
4 August 2017
Source: http://johnpilger.com/articles/on-the-beach-2017-the-beckoning-of-nuclear-war
The US submarine captain says, "We've all got to die one day,
some sooner and some later. The trouble always has been that you're never
ready, because you don't know when it's coming. Well, now we do know and
there's nothing to be done about it."
He says he will be dead by September. It will take about a week to die, though no one can be sure. Animals live the longest.
He says he will be dead by September. It will take about a week to die, though no one can be sure. Animals live the longest.
The war was over in a month. The United States, Russia and China
were the protagonists. It is not clear if it was started by accident or
mistake. There was no victor. The northern hemisphere is contaminated and
lifeless now.
A curtain of radioactivity is moving south towards Australia and
New Zealand, southern Africa and South America. By September, the last cities,
towns and villages will succumb. As in the north, most buildings will remain
untouched, some illuminated by the last flickers of electric light.
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
