Japan remembers Hiroshima

Reuters ^ | August 6, 2007 | Toru Hanai

[magslinger]

They certainly would have used WMD's.

I believe they also had war gases prepared to use on our invasion forces. The civilian casualties from that alone would have been very high.

[nomodem]

Remember, Japan’s constitution forbids warfare as an instrument of policy. It was written by Dugout Doug.

...you mean "Bugout Doug", don't you?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Come now. Only the United States must always apologize for every action it ever took. Hadn’t you learned that from your US public school?

[dfwgator]

Ozzy Osbourne put it best:

Like moths to a flame
Is man never gonna change
Time’s seen untold aggression
And infliction of pain
If that’s the only thing that’s stopping war

Then thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb

Nuke ya nuke ya

War is just another game
Tailor made for the insane
But make a threat of their annihilation
And nobody wants to play
If that’s the only thing that keeps the peace

Then thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb

Nuke ya nuke ya

Today was tomorrow yesterday
It’s funny how the time can slip away
The face of the doomsday clock
Has launched a thousand wars
As we near the final hour
Time is the only foe we have

When war is obsolete
I’ll thank god for the war’s defeat
But any talk about hell freezing over
Is all said with tongue in cheek
Until the day the war drums beat no more

Then thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb
Thank god for the bomb

Nuke ya nuke ya

[Sloth]

Do you suppose the WWII-era Japanese newspapers published a lot of hand-wringing articles worrying over “why the Americans hate us”?

[the OlLine Rebel]

“President Truman rightly decided that it was better that one hundred thousand Japanese die than one more American Sailor, Soldier, or Marine.”

And THIS is the essential question any time this question of war comes up: WHO IS BETTER? WHO DESERVES BETTER TO LIVE?

All the PC nail-biters are too afraid to even ask this question much less answer it.

[dfwgator]

I shudder to think how things had been if today’s media was around during WWII.

[the OlLine Rebel]

ROFLMAO

[econjack]

Only the United States must always apologize for every action it ever took.

You're right...but I don't have to like it...

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Japan views itself as a victim of WW2, not an offender.

I never thought of it that way, but yes, they're playing the victim game.

[period end of story]

Here, here!

Outstanding!

[indcons]

Military history ping

[SunkenCiv]

Japan remembers Hiroshima... yeah, that’s kinda what we were goin’ for.

This day in History 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
History.com | August 6, 2007 | Staff
Posted on 08/06/2007 6:11:20 AM EDT by abb
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876947/posts

[Leto]

I wonder if the esteemed mayor remembered the rape of Nanking or Japanese atrocities at Unit 731

http://www.copi.com/articles/guyatt/unit_731.html

Karma is a b*tch.

[Leatherneck_MT]

“Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing with a solemn ceremony on Monday as the city’s mayor criticized the United States for refusing to give up its nuclear weapons program.”

I guess we should have invaded Japan instead and killed all of them instead of just 100+ thousand of them.

[Leatherneck_MT]

“HELL YES! Japan hasn’t been a problem to anyone in over 60 years. Do you think this might work on Islam is we dropped one on Mecca?”

Why stop at Mecca?

I know a few other deserving Islamic locations that should glow in the dark.

[Fresh Wind]

Akiba singled out the United States for failing to halt nuclear proliferation.

Gosh, for years we've been telling Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and other countries to not develop nuclear weapons, or to destroy the ones they have, and they just won't listen to us. I guess that makes it our fault.

[ohioman]

The Atomic Bomb - Made in America - tested in Japan.

An actual T-shirt worn by a Honda employee (now former) here in Ohio. This happened at a friend of mines work at Honda back in the 1980s and I still laugh about it.

[Polynikes]

“I believe Japan was getting ready to drop a “dirty bomb” on San Francisco.”

It was a plague bomb developed by their “special research” groups. The method of delivery was either a long range bomber( 8 engine) or possibly balloon. The Japanese aeronautical engineering industry was surprisingly developed but was held back from deployment by the lack of resources and industrial base.