Published 2009
North Korea launched a Taepodong-2 rocket in the general direction on Hawaii. No sirens sounded in Pearl Harbor. The missile failed to achieve orbit, although the hardline worker state crowed about their propaganda “victory” on state TV and the state organ newspaper declared the test as a “historic event that sounded the cannon’s roar of victory in building a great, prosperous, powerful nation.”
President Obama was quick to threaten North Korea with a scathing rebuke from the UN Security Council, except African guest member Burkina Faso balked at criticizing the hermit state at the behest of its patrons, China and Russia.
GW Bush at the opening day of the Texas Rangers baseball game wasn’t available for comment, for after his eight years as leader American school children no longer have hide under their desks in the event of a missile attack.
At 56 I can recall the nuns of St. Mary of the Foothill telling us to pray for our eternal souls during nuclear bomb attack tests.
“God will welcome you.”
The Sisters of St. Joseph never indicated whether that welcome was to heaven or hell.