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lessons from the japan tsunami and earthquake

The decision of German chancellor Angela Markel to shut down several nuclear reactors for maintenance, in view of what has occurred in Japan during the recent earth quake and tsunami, makes some sense but also flies in the face of earlier decisions for Germany to stop relying on nuclear power which her government postponed to the year 2030. The German people have to be congratulated for their behavior since the Second World War, for avoiding wars and other man made disasters.
This means they learnt their lesson and were sorry for the role played by their compatriots in causing human suffering especially during the holocaust. Their criticism of the decision to postpone, the shutting down of nuclear reliance forever, shows the resolve of the German public to promote world peace and contribute to the lessening of public suffering. Whereas some nations like Iran have maintained that their nuclear power is meant for peaceful purposes and others like Israel have never confirmed about their nuclear capability, the Japan disaster goes on to show that we are all missing the point.
It can never be overemphasized that it really does not matter what the intention is when an already powerful nation like America continues to hold on to nuclear weapons despite seeking to prevent other nations from possessing  them , arguing that they can be immoral enough or crazy enough to use them.
Accidents and natural calamities are bound to occur and that is when valuable lessons can be learnt.Chernobyl is still fresh and Japans is ongoing and we all wish radiation won’t cause too much human suffering.
So we don’t have to have a war for us to be affected by the nuclear facilities that we posses for whatever reasons whether peaceful or not. The only thing I know is that people in Japan were not fighting anyone but there is no peace there.   My take is that world nations should cease the hypocrisy and take responsibility for human suffering.
The Japanese have been affected by nuclear energy once before and whether it was their fault or not, America should take more responsibility for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki by doing more than they have done already.

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