Tulsi Gabbard Warns of Nuclear Threat in Social Media Video

GABBARD I recently visited ░░░░░░░░ in Japan and stood ░░░░░░░░ the epicenter of a ░░░░░░░░ that remains scarred by ░░░░░░░░ unimaginable horror caused by ░░░░░░░░ single nuclear bomb dropped ░░░░░░░░ 1945 80 years ago ░░░░░░░░ s hard for me ░░░░░░░░ find the words to ░░░░░░░░ what I saw the ░░░░░░░░ that I heard the ░░░░░░░░ sadness that still remains ░░░░░░░░ is an experience that ░░░░░░░░ stay with me forever ░░░░░░░░ attack obliterated the city ░░░░░░░░ over 300 000 people ░░░░░░░░ dying instantly while others ░░░░░░░░ from severe burns injuries ░░░░░░░░ sickness and cancer that ░░░░░░░░ in in the following ░░░░░░░░ and years Nagasaki suffered ░░░░░░░░ same fate Homes schools ░░░░░░░░ all gone in a ░░░░░░░░ The survivors the hibakusha ░░░░░░░░ carried the pain of ░░░░░░░░ burns radiation sickness and ░░░░░░░░ for decades Survivors of ░░░░░░░░ attack were asked to ░░░░░░░░ in paintings and drawings ░░░░░░░░ own memories and how ░░░░░░░░ felt and what they ░░░░░░░░ and those paintings and ░░░░░░░░ suffering that they conveyed ░░░░░░░░ pain and the sense ░░░░░░░░ loss were almost more ░░░░░░░░ than the photos themselves ░░░░░░░░ this one bomb that ░░░░░░░░ so much destruction in ░░░░░░░░ was tiny compared to ░░░░░░░░ s nuclear bombs The ░░░░░░░░ that was dropped on ░░░░░░░░ had a yield of ░░░░░░░░ 15 kilotons of TNT ░░░░░░░░ today s nuclear warheads ░░░░░░░░ in size from 100 ░░░░░░░░ to over 1 megaton ░░░░░░░░ single nuclear weapon today ░░░░░░░░ kill millions in just ░░░░░░░░ Just one of these ░░░░░░░░ bombs would vaporize everything ░░░░░░░░ its core people buildings ░░░░░░░░ itself The shockwave would ░░░░░░░░ structures miles away killing ░░░░░░░░ maiming countless people And ░░░░░░░░ comes the fallout Radioactive ░░░░░░░░ spreading through the air ░░░░░░░░ and soil condemning survivors ░░░░░░░░ agonizing deaths or lifelong ░░░░░░░░ A nuclear winter could ░░░░░░░░ with smoke and ash ░░░░░░░░ blocking the Sun plunging ░░░░░░░░ world into darkness and ░░░░░░░░ killing crops and starving ░░░░░░░░ Acid rain would scar ░░░░░░░░ Earth wiping out entire ░░░░░░░░ This isn t some ░░░░░░░░ up science fiction story ░░░░░░░░ is the reality of ░░░░░░░░ s at stake what ░░░░░░░░ are facing now Because ░░░░░░░░ we stand here today ░░░░░░░░ to the brink of ░░░░░░░░ annihilation than ever before ░░░░░░░░ elite and warmongers are ░░░░░░░░ fomenting fear and tensions ░░░░░░░░ nuclear powers Perhaps it ░░░░░░░░ because they are confident ░░░░░░░░ they will have access ░░░░░░░░ nuclear shelters for themselves ░░░░░░░░ for their families that ░░░░░░░░ people won t have ░░░░░░░░ to So it s ░░░░░░░░ to us the people ░░░░░░░░ speak up and demand ░░░░░░░░ end to this Madness ░░░░░░░░ must reject this path ░░░░░░░░ nuclear war and work ░░░░░░░░ a world where no ░░░░░░░░ has to live in ░░░░░░░░ of a nuclear Holocaust.”