Ed Helms

We must say that we're outraged.

And then the U.S.

must respond with their like diplomatic actions.

explanation and acceptance of responsibility.

It's like it's so choreographed, all these things.

It's very wild how it all works out.

And then I always wonder, like, does anyone actually take this personally?

If like Japan is expressing outrage, like how dare they?

Is there any like Japanese official who's like genuinely pissed, like at a personal level?

Or is it just sort of like grand institutional emotion?

Super duper nuke?

This is a great question.

And Greenpeace had a lot to say about this.

So when the Pentagon admitted this in 1989, they were actually responding to an article in Newsweek.

And then Japanese papers picked up the story, which, of course, caused quite a stir throughout Japan itself.

Rightfully so, though the Pentagon confirmed that the bomb would not be harmful anymore.

it hadn't been armed and you have to go through a whole bevy of procedural elements to actually arm it, it was still 16,000 feet underwater decaying, which meant it might eventually break down and start to emit serious pollutants.

Yet, U.S.

spokespersons claimed this wouldn't cause any harm to the natural world.

Either way, it was safe to say they were in the hot seat, at least as hot as the nuclear material inside that bomb, shall we say.