tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post8046503965461252399..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: No Apologies for HiroshimaAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-84259923946618052432009-08-08T07:26:52.718-07:002009-08-08T07:26:52.718-07:00To clarify the issue, the second bomb was dropped ...To clarify the issue, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki THREE days later (Aug. 9th), not the day after Hiroshima as the article claims. Sorry for the hair-splitting, but it is important to remember that even AFTER Hiroshima, the Japanese government refused to surrender. For three full days, Allied demands for capitulation were ignored, so the decision to drop the second bomb was made. And after that, when the Emperor decided to end the War, an aborted coup was launched by militarists in the Japanese Army and government who STILL refused to surrender. Most ended up committing suicide when their plot failed. Any claim that an invasion of the Japanese home islands would have been accomplished with a low number of casualties (on both sides) is laughable.<br /><br />WWII buffs might want to check out my new novel, THE FUHRER VIRUS. It is a fictional spy/conspiracy/thriller for adult readers and can be found at www.eloquentbooks.com/TheFuhrerVirus.html, www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, and on Google Review.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Paul SchultzPaul Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815395882684685288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-44147413141026917812009-08-07T00:28:45.096-07:002009-08-07T00:28:45.096-07:00The problem is twofold. The current leaders can...The problem is twofold. The current leaders can't see good from evil and, if they did, do not have the guts to do it properly.mawmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096088408416933018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-3503724367122720942009-08-06T16:31:33.998-07:002009-08-06T16:31:33.998-07:00I believe you are saying, properly, that sometimes...I believe you are saying, properly, that sometimes you have to expend lives to save more lives. As harsh as it is, it still makes more sense than Joe "the moron" Biden's sage advice that to avoid bankruptcy we have to spend more....Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912396346554025648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-53902080005668444082009-08-06T14:24:06.408-07:002009-08-06T14:24:06.408-07:00I will shed no tears for any lives lost when Israe...I will shed no tears for any lives lost when Israel bombs Iran's nuclear facilities. I pray that they will. <br /><br />The alternative would be a second Holocaust for Israel and the world.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-61034397594349899012009-08-06T14:02:22.202-07:002009-08-06T14:02:22.202-07:00To this day, the Communist left laments the "...To this day, the Communist left laments the "needless" death caused by the dropping of the A-bombs in Japan. Did the US REALLY believe there would be a lot of casualties during a full-fledged invasion of Japan? Let's put it this way: 500,000 Purple Hearts were ordered prior to an invasion, in anticipation of the invasion casualties. To this day, we are still working off of that "inventory." As of 2003, there were still 120,000 left.<br /><br />Thank God for the A-bomb drops. My late father made it back in one piece to become my father, for which I am eternally grateful. Think of all the other great men of the WWII generation whom we all grew up knowing, for better or worse. Many of them owe their lives, too, to the decision to drop the bombs!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912396346554025648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16876972381640801662009-08-06T12:28:24.028-07:002009-08-06T12:28:24.028-07:00Here, in the remote provinces, one sees very few -...Here, in the remote provinces, one sees very few - if any - Japanese. People still remember the vicious, inhumane invasion of these Reapers of death. <br />My mother-in-law speaks of hiding in local forest as a child when patrols were known to be in the area. One woman, only recently dead, had a large wound around her neck where some officer tried to decapitate her; left for dead she was lucky to survive.<br />The savagery of Japanese occupation was visited upon many innocents in many lands <br />Just remember Nanking; photos from that city, taken by the Japanese themselves, will make you weep.<br />Yes, the US did the world a great service using atomic weapons to end the war - it saved many in all Asian countries. Shock and awe works.<br />As with the constant reminder of Hitler's Germany so must the world be constantly reminded of Japan's role in WW2.<br />As we have seen all too ofter, barbarism is hiding in plain sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-52729953663399053712009-08-06T12:15:07.495-07:002009-08-06T12:15:07.495-07:00Thank you for a clear summary of this important ac...Thank you for a clear summary of this important action by a "Green" President! I work every day with vets and many of them have Pres. Truman to thank for his clarity of purpose.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647132670905736023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-29795575684319869262009-08-06T09:48:30.787-07:002009-08-06T09:48:30.787-07:00I will not be surprised if Obama gives a speech ap...I will not be surprised if Obama gives a speech apologizing for the action taken to end the war. He has apologizeed for most everything else the U.S.has done that he considers evil. I expect he won't let this event to pass him buy.<br /><br />My Father fought in the Pacific during the war and thank God came back alive. However, he had many stories of Japanese atrocities inflicted on POws. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, while tragic, stopped the slaughter from continuing.Louise Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844509343077052288noreply@blogger.com