| Re: Hiroshima |
Subject: Re: Hiroshima by bogus on 2010/8/6 17:45:46 Step back for a moment. I see a bit too much simplicity going on. It's not that simple. To answer questions: Yes, many Japanese dignitaries have visited the Arizona over the years. But they have not apologized; the attack was not supposed to be a surprise! If the document had been translated in time, it would have been delivered just prior to the first planes hitting. Culturally, the Japanese view the surprise attack as a cowardly act. By 1945, the militarists were so entrenched with their perversion of the Bushido code, they had such control over the ppl of Japan. Control we cannot comprehend. Was the a-bomb needed? Yes. I would hate to think the loss of life if we invaded. The history tells us that hitting them, twice was necessary. Up to the point that the militarists were going to kidnap Hirohito and stop him from surrendering to the Allies. Two final thoughts: Japan has become a very stable ally in the Pacific. When you consider it took them 40 years to build their empire... and it took the US only three years to take it apart. I think they got the hint. The other: There is no question that a lot of ppl died in the nuclear attacks; tragic for sure. But these attacks have been the empirical data needed to keep it from happening again. I am convinced that if the bombs didn't fall on Japan, WWIII would have happened. |
