03-01-2011, 12:01 AM
seeing.the.unseeable wrote:
[quote=rankandfile] "This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
Sorry to continue the OT element of this thread, but I can't help but think how ironic it si that Einstein's other achievements are so often overshadowed by his significant and direct contribution to "so base an action."
I understand why he did what he did, and why the U.S. did what it did - my grandfather worked with him on the Manhattan Project - but I also understand his qualified regrets ex post facto.
Einstein did not work on the Manhattan project or los alamos and you have to be able to imagine a world before mushroom cloud pictures before you can judge anyone that worked on these projects. They were working to defeat hitler, to get the bomb before he did.