Nagasaki’s Nuclear Warning Rings Hollow Amid Global Chaos and America’s Leadership

On the solemn 80th anniversary of Nagasaki’s devastation by an atomic bomb, the city’s leaders once again warn of a growing nuclear threat and plead for global disarmament. But while such appeals tug at the heartstrings, they dangerously overlook the enduring reality that American strength and readiness have long kept true nuclear conflict at bay. Can Nuclear Disarmament Really Protect America and Its Allies? Nagasaki’s mayor lamented a “circle of confrontation” enveloping our planet, urging world leaders to concretely abolish nuclear weapons. The Japanese government echoes this with calls for a world free from atomic arms. Yet Tokyo stubbornly refuses...