[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"I think that anyone who has ever been to Hiroshima, or has met a survivor and has seen the damage caused by these nuclear weapons, could never justify their use," Mitchell said.

Hmmmm....these stupid apologists always seem to forget or ignore some hard facts about the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s:

Unit 731

Operation Downfall

[PhilDragoo]

Thank you for the historical perspective. My father served on USS Saratoga (CV-3).

In later years my poli sci department head, a State Department veteran fluent in eight languages would posit negotiated treaties were possible only with those who recognize a "concept of limits".

Two American atomic bombs and MacArthur's firm but just rule taught the Japanese something.

I haven't seen their apology and admission of guilt yet, though.

The drill at our grade school was Friday mornings at eleven.