National Security

From Hiroshima to Iran

By Dan Hannan
Published August 10, 2015 4:01am ET
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From Hiroshima to Iran
This is the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site in New Mexico, July 16, 1945. (AP Photo)  | ASSOCIATED PRESS

I grew up believing that human life would be extinguished by nuclear weapons. When I say “believing,” I don’t mean it was a scary possibility; I mean I truly thought it would happen.

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