J. Robert Oppenheimer Is anyone ever going to tell the truth about what's happening here? J. Robert Oppenheimer America and Russia may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life. J. Robert Oppenheimer If atomic weapons are to be added to the arsenals of a warring world, then the day will come when people will curse the name of Los Alamos.