Warren, good to see your still banging the drum buddy. Sadly life is not a very democratic process. As a child of the Cold War I suspect you must be feeling the same as the rest of the world when the USA and USSR were threatening the entire world with annihilation and not just each other. Hello! don't I get a vote on this? The difference for me has always been the willingness of these scientists to be at "ground zero", A far cry from the President in his nuclear proof bunker pushing the button.
I do support your quest for more honesty though. When I was 5 living in West Germany in 1972-1973, American school kids were being taught "duck and cover". I was told, "turn to the left and hug that person, you won't have time to turn back to the right". It gave me nightmares not knowing whether I would be awake in the morning, but as I got older I learned to appreciate the honesty of it, instead of the absurdity of false hope "duck and cover".