Hiroshima bombed today

Dowly · 08-07-08, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

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Originally Posted by G00BER

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm

The beginning of the end happened today. I have seen very little news on it today. They did have the standard peacenik group holding a peace vigil today

on the radio. I think I turned the interview off when they wanted us to apologize for nuking Japan. Whatever. I'd say dropping those 2 bombs was the best thing that ever happened to humanity.

1. We saved thousands of US and Japanese lives by ending the war w/o an invasion of the mainland.

2. Mankind has never used this weapon again, we know better.

We may have saved many, but we also killed many including civilians.

Not to be callous, but too bad. I intentionally avoided the revenge factor of the bomb. We all know war is nasty, and ever since the evolution of "total war," civilians will be targets. There will always be war, I just hope we never use these nasty weapons again, mainly because when the war is over, you don't just clean up after them and re-build. I had a military history class, back during the first Gulf War. There were a bunch of "blowhards" that were serious about using tacticle nukes in Iraq.

Yup, right you are. Civilians will always suffer in the time of war. In most cases, they are caught in the crossfire, catch a bomb missing it's original target etc. etc.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki were 2 civilian targets and the bombs were dropped on purpose. It's just an expensive way to kill civilians, instead of the traditional bullet to the back of the head execution. Being on the "good" side doesnt make it any different nor the method on which the civilians are killed.