Was The Bombing of Hiroshima Necessary?

The piece goes off on a false tangent right from the start. Plus of course you cannot try and bundle up post WW2 actions and lump them all together like he does.
So just another Rockwell piece where ideology trumps reason.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Well, regardless of the rightness of bombing Hiroshima, that this Tibbets shows absolutely no guilt or remorse for his action is frankly rather chilling.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Well, regardless of the rightness of bombing Hiroshima, that this Tibbets shows absolutely no guilt or remorse for his action is frankly rather chilling.

Yea, he must be a special breed, i'm sure he sleeps comfortably at night too!

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Well, regardless of the rightness of bombing Hiroshima, that this Tibbets shows absolutely no guilt or remorse for his action is frankly rather chilling.

Not at all. He was a military bomber pilot. He might have witnessed Pearl Harbor directly or indirectly through the media.

He might have family members fighting the Japanese in other branches of the military.

He might have lost a few friends as casualties of war to the Japanese.

He certainly knew that his fellow Americans were shedding blood in war against the Japanese empire.

So thus it is only understandable given his circumstances that he might not have a regret on delivering the A bomb.
This doesn't mean he's not sorry for the loss of innocent lives in the city but there was simply nothing he could do and it was part of his duty to his country. He didn't regret delivering the bomb but he is probably sorry for the innocent lives lost because of it. It was wartime, he was a bomber pilot instructed to bomb a city.

The same thing when people didn't mind invading Afghanistan. This was even bigger than 9/11.

Well, regardless of the rightness of bombing Hiroshima, that this Tibbets shows absolutely no guilt or remorse for his action is frankly rather chilling.

Why should he feel guilty or remorseful?
He did his job which was fully within the laws of the time, if however he had been torturing PoWs, using prisoners for medical experimentation or enslaving men, women and kids to work them to death then it would be chilling if he showed no guilt or remorse.....but he wasn't.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Why should he feel guilty or remorseful?
He did his job which was fully within the laws of the time, if however he had been torturing PoWs, using prisoners for medical experimentation or enslaving men, women and kids to work them to death then it would be chilling if he showed no guilt or remorse.....but he wasn't.

I guess it's what you do with the part you played in something like that in the future, that determines how someone will be judged.

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

I guess it's what you do with the part you played in something like that in the future, that determines how someone will be judged.

There is a big chance that the pilot didn't even know the full capability of the A-bomb.

[BossMark]

Originally Posted by Castout

There is a big chance that the pilot didn't even know the full capability of the A-bomb.

I dont think anyone knew at the time what this bomb was capable of

[BossMark]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Why should he feel guilty or remorseful?
He did his job which was fully within the laws of the time, if however he had been torturing PoWs, using prisoners for medical experimentation or enslaving men, women and kids to work them to death then it would be chilling if he showed no guilt or remorse.....but he wasn't.

I agree, not only that it probably did save 10000s of 1000s Allies lives as well

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by BossMark

I agree, not only that it probably did save 10000s of 1000s Allies lives as well

He certainly saved the lives of every allied POW the Japanese had. They were all to be killed if the U.S. invaded the home islands.

As horrific as the bombs were, they were the lesser of two evils.