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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate
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Posted on 08/08/2005 8:43:37 PM PDT by soundandvision

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) -- A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out through the air Tuesday as Nagasaki marked the exact moment 60 years ago that an American airplane appeared in its skies and dropped the plutonium bomb "Fat Man," killing some 80,000 people and sealing Japan's defeat in World War II.

About 6,000 people, including hundreds of aging bomb survivors, crowded into Nagasaki's Peace Memorial Park, just a few hundred meters (yards) from the center of the blast, for a solemn remembrance and moment of silence.

When the silence ended, Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh had some angry words for the leaders of the nuclear powers, and especially the United States.

"To the citizens of the United States of America: We understand your anger and anxiety over the memories of the horror of the 9-11 terrorist attacks," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anniversary; nagasaki; wwii
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This is maddening. "To the citizens of the United States of America: We understand your anger and anxiety over the memories of the horror of the 9-11 terrorist attacks,"

Comparing Fat Man and Little Boy to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 is intellectual sophistry.

Uh, didn't Japan attack us first?!?! Good grief.

1 posted on 08/08/2005 8:43:37 PM PDT by soundandvision
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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate

Good.

2 posted on 08/08/2005 8:44:59 PM PDT by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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To: soundandvision

The weird thing is, you always hear all about Hiroshima, but you almost never hear anything about Nagasaki.


3 posted on 08/08/2005 8:45:17 PM PDT by pcottraux
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4 posted on 08/08/2005 8:46:30 PM PDT by TheBigB (I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.)
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To: soundandvision

Another stupid thing about comparing Hiroshima/Nagasaki to 9/11 is what happened afterward. When the Japanese surrendered, we went over there and helped them build one of the most prosperous Democratic nations in history.

What happened after 9/11? Did bin Laden come over here and help rebuild the World Trade Center? Did he come to help with reconstruction, and try to build a better, more enlightened nation out of the U.S.?


5 posted on 08/08/2005 8:48:13 PM PDT by pcottraux
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To: soundandvision
Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh had some angry words for the leaders of the nuclear powers, and especially the United States.

Let's never forget that those bombs ended a war that Japan started by killing Americans, and if Japan had had the bomb they would never have hesitated to use it against the US.

That being said the two bombs themselves are reported to have killed less people than the Japanese military killed in their rape of China which is conveniently forgotten.

Above all else some Americans are alive today because there was no invasion of the Japanese homeland.

6 posted on 08/08/2005 9:02:26 PM PDT by Noachian (To Control the Judiciary The People Must First Control The Senate)
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To: pcottraux

Great point.


7 posted on 08/08/2005 9:02:35 PM PDT by soundandvision
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To: soundandvision

Happy Nagasaki Day!


8 posted on 08/08/2005 9:12:57 PM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate

It had better.

9 posted on 08/08/2005 9:14:30 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Evil Evildoers of Evil

"I hate to break this to you, but bin Laden is not a country."

I never thought bin Laden is a country. I thought I had made a good point.

Let me rephrase it, then. Did the terrorists come over to help rebuild the WTC? Did al-Q'aida give personal aid and funding to the rebuilding efforts? These are all things the US did after bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

My point is that it is ridiculous to compare 9/11 to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So there. Take that.


11 posted on 08/08/2005 9:29:33 PM PDT by pcottraux
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If we hadn't bombed Hiroshima/Nagasaki and ended the war, millions of other Japanese were going to die of starvation....we saved THEM from THAT!


12 posted on 08/08/2005 9:32:22 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Our military......the world's HEROES!)
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We also saved them from being hit with massive poison gas strikes. The U.S. was stockpiling huge amounts of Phosgene, Mustard, and Cyanogen Chloride in the Philippines and Okinawa as well as enough protective gear for our troops. The plans for Operation Downfall contained sections that dealt with offensive and defensive uses of poison gas.
14 posted on 08/08/2005 9:35:10 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Tom Tancredo- The Republican Party's Very Own Cynthia McKinney.)
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To: Evil Evildoers of Evil

yawn - another imbecilc troll. git him!


15 posted on 08/08/2005 9:37:09 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (the underwear goes UNDER the pants! that's why they call it under-******-wear!)
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To: Evil Evildoers of Evil

It's not about which one caused more destruction. It's about what happened afterwards. Is America better off because of 9/11? Not really. Is Japan better off because of the surrender of the militaristic Emperor? Yes.


16 posted on 08/08/2005 9:37:12 PM PDT by pcottraux
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To: Libertarian4Bush

I think so, too. What do you do with these guys?


17 posted on 08/08/2005 9:37:37 PM PDT by pcottraux
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To: Evil Evildoers of Evil

And they're both morally equal to each other? You're at the wrong place try Du.


18 posted on 08/08/2005 9:38:08 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Lx

I'm a new guy. What do you do when you've run across a DU? I think this is my first.

Did you check out his homepage? He just signed up a few minutes ago.


19 posted on 08/08/2005 9:40:06 PM PDT by pcottraux
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To: Evil Evildoers of Evil; Admin Moderator

In before the ZOT.......here kitty kitty.....


20 posted on 08/08/2005 9:41:42 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Our military......the world's HEROES!)
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