[microgood]

Hopefully they mention the human suffering caused by the Japanese during the 1930s and 1940s. They deserved every molecule of radioactivity they got and much more.

[GreyFriar]

Of course we should have masses of information on how bad the US was for dropping the A-bombs on Japan. Didn't the US Navy attack the Japanese tourist submarine outside of Pearl Harbor around 6am on 7 Dec 41? The attack 2 hours later was a just retaliation by the Japanese for the wanton murder of their tourists on the novel cruise-line submarine.

[martin_fierro]

They're really not gonna like the coming Bataan Death March exhibit.

[camle]

japanese ought to thank the Enola Gay AND BOcks Car for helping their leadership capitulate - an island invasion would have destroyed far more of their culture than they lost. There wouldn't have been much left of Japan had we been forced to invade - they ought to be grateful.

[csvset]

The Japanese started it, we finished it. They should get over it.

[Tacis]

If the weather is nice, this event may be a good one to attend with your autograph book. Many of the traitorous, hate-America, blame America first delegation from Hollywood may be there and, if the TV cameras are running, some might smile and give autographs. There is also some current thinking that these ultra-left wingers also receive "gifts" for attending such events. If you see a neocommunists celebrity, ask.

[Slings and Arrows]

We should discuss this with the Japanese like reasonable people. The conference can be held in Nanking, China.

[antiRepublicrat]

What is it about the idiot's need to politicize everything? Hello, it's an historical exhibit! I'd welcome some academic-style discussion of the issues surrounding the Enola Gay's most famous mission, but using it as a lever to protest against current policies? Get a life.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

If I was a kook, I'd hang a model of the Enola Gay from my basement ceiling.........

right over my mushroom farm!!

[Puppage]

Japanese Join American Nay-Sayers in Protesting Enola Gay Exhibit

Gee, I wonder how they'd feel about a Rape of Nan King Exhibit? A little Japanese tid bit lost to history. They made the Nazis look like amateurs.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Another group, The Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy," headed by an American University professor, said it has collected over 400 signatures, including those of Nobel laureates, urging the Smithsonian to present a "balanced discussion" of the atomic bombings in 1945 and of current U.S. nuclear policy.

Don't these anti-nuke puke pointy heads have a monopoly in the classroom already?

[joesnuffy]

The Smithsonian should have an exhibit of The Rape of Nangkin

[pabianice]

When are we gonna get out of Japan and let it defend itself?
It costs us something like $ 300 billion a year to defend these ingrates.

[Little Ray]

Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Bataan Death March, Manila, Unit 751, how many atrocities have I missed? The Japs were murderous barbarians, with a racist (in the real meaning of the word) ethos that the Nazis never matched. Simply stated, if you were not Japanese, you were not entirely human... I am sure this has changed, but I don't think they should be allowed to forget their misdeeds.

The Japanese deserved everything they suffered in WWII. I am proud of the submariners that mercilessly destroyed their shipping, the pilots that drove them from the air and laid waste their cities, the sailors that shattered their fleets, and soldiers that outfought them in the most hostile environments on Earth, from equatorial jungles to arctic tundra.

I wish I would could be in DC for this. It would be fun to burn a Rising Sun (Imperial Japanese) flag at a counter-protest.

[reed_inthe_wind]

I respect both sides in this debate. It is very probable that my siblings and I owe our existence and the life of our father to the quick end of the conflict with Japan. While the opposite is true for those in Japan, I don't feel guilt. The proper response to this reality is a real commitment to first manage and maybe eliminate the threat from WMD. George Bush and Tony Blair are the only world leaders that have the credentials for this job.

[ArrogantBustard]

Great. I'm going to have a boatload of 'pacifist' anti-nuke-kook pukes in my "back yard". I can't wait ...

Bastards better stay peaceful.

[Prime Choice]

I think this pretty much sums it up:

[Willie Green]

Hiroshima Prefecture is a thriving metropolis with a current population exceeding 2.8 million people.
Nagasaki Prefecture, at 1.5 million population, is only slightly smaller.

Neither is the uninhabitable, radioactive moonscape that anti-nuke activists want the world to believe.

[tbpiper]

How 'bout, just for the sake of balance, the set up a display on Nanking right next to Enola Gay?

[Oztrich Boy]

Another group, The Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy," headed by an American University professor, said it has collected over 400 signatures, including those of Nobel laureates, urging the Smithsonian to present a "balanced discussion" of the atomic bombings in 1945 and of current U.S. nuclear policy.

Seems reasonable. A fair statement might be:
The decision to use the A-bomb on Japanese cities may have seemed like the right decision to people at the time. But in retrospect we can see that: You had it coming"

[norton]

I presume they all stopped over in Hawaii to protest the Arizona Memorial as well.