As we joke about WWIII

[LiberalArkie]

Here is a pic of a Japanese boy waiting in line at the crematorium with his deceased baby brother on his back, Nagasaki, 1945.




The quote that goes with the photo by the photografer Joe O'Donnell:

"I had never before witnessed the obvious military influence on the young until I watched this boy bring his dead brother to a cremation site.Every kid I knew in America would not have been able to cope like this young boy did.He stood rigid, no emotion seen except for the terrible unshed tears.I wanted to go to him, to comfort him – but I was afraid.If I did his strength would have crumpled, leaving him defenseless in agony and grief.I did nothing."

[Liberalhammer]

1. Grave of the Fireflies

The true story.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. War is no joke.

Trump wants war to divert from impeachment. And now everyone who was talking about witnesses, documents and a fair trial aren’t on the tee vee any more.

Heartbreaking history, that image.

[Joe941]

3. No one is joking.

[MFM008]

4. Who is joking?

who?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Who's joking?

None of this is a joke. I don't think the US is in imminent danger of being nuked but WWIII could take a lot of different forms.

[maryellen99]

11. I think Tehran is going to be preemptively nuked nt

[Evolve Dammit]

6. There hasn't been a joke since 2016. He is full-on dictator aspiring.

[evilhime]

7. Tom Lehrer knew

https://www.google.com/search?q=tom+lehrer+so+long+mom+(a+song+for+world+war+iii)&oq=tom+lehrer+so+long+mom&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57.8289j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[bobbieinok]

21. Also his 'Send the Marines' and 'Who's next?'

[smirkymonkey]

8. I don't think any of us are joking.

This is all deadly serious.

[lpbk2713]

9. I hope he lived to be an old man.

He had already been through enough misery to last a lifetime at that young age.

[Sugar Smack]

10. Who's "we"?

[kentuck]

12. Bookmarked!

We must study history and learn from it.

[LiberalArkie]

13. A lot of people "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel"

[Delmette2.0]

14. This is no joking matter, IMPOTUS.

This is no scripted reality show. This is life and death for individuals and families who have done no harm.

[warmfeet]

15. This is no fucking joke.

This is life, this is death.

When do we fucking learn?

On the brink again, thanks a fucking lot, not!

[BarbD]

16. We have become a rogue republic.

[griloco]

17. Yes. If this becomes WWIII it'll be US v World

[ClusterFreak]

18. Your post is powerful beyond words.

Your suggestion that people here are joking about WW3 is offensive beyond words.

[LiberalArkie]

19. Not just here, but just about everywhere, cause we be 'Merica. No one can beat us.

Everything is justifiable, just as it was in 1945.

[lunatica]

20. WTF!

Who the fuck is joking?

[bobbieinok]

22. Don't recall ever seeing this heart-breaking photo before (b 1940)