On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 9:59 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You'd also be living in a militaristic society as a racially inferior >> minority and possibly working as slave labor laying tracks for the >> shinkansen. >> > > I know that if I had been a American soldier in 1945 and was > miraculously still alive after going through 4 years of hell I would have > loved the nuclear bomb with a passion and been deliriously happy that I > didn't have to be part of a land invasion of Japan; it would be like > getting a last second pardon from the governor and having my execution > canceled. I can't sing but I would have felt like singing. > > You may say that it doesn't speak well as to my character to be so gleeful > over the destruction of those 2 Japanese cities, and perhaps it doesn't, > but I am certain that if I had been a American soldier in August of 1945 > that is exactly how I would have felt. > > If you haven't seen it already (anyone on this list) I highly recommend watching Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States. I learned more about US history in those 10 episodes than throughout all of high school. It was the Russians declaring war against Japan that concerned them the most, not the bomb. From point of view of the Japanese, does it really matter if it took 1 bomber or 200 to devastate a city? Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
