Hiroshima Plus Seventy

funny how were all high an mighty about stopping nuclear proliferation and stopping terrorist that kill civilians, yet the only country to use nuclear weapons against civilians has been the us.

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They paid the price for picking a fight with a Country who in the past had proven that they had the resolve to do what ever it took to win. Originally Posted by Jackie S

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I lived on Okinawa in the late 70's and saw the battle fields. Especially the Shuri Castle area and Sugar Loaf Hill. If woomby had any Marine friends, they could tell him what a meat grinder that was for, first the Army, then the Marines to take and secure. Ask any surviving Marine that fought there if they would have wanted to go on to mainland Japan for more of what they had just experienced. Originally Posted by Rey Lengua

You can always get woomby's attention when you use words like "meat grinder". Maybe he could ask Big Sir to "unload" on him about the Okinawa campaign. More pillow talk would be good for their relationship and shore up woomby's pathetically weak and distorted grasp of history, especially WWII history.
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Of course you haven't. And you won't. As usual, you missed the entire goddamn point. It's not about being ashamed or feeling regret. The japanese were done. The reason we dropped the bomb was to let the USSR know we had it and weren't afraid to use it. The japanese people paid the price for that demonstration. Originally Posted by WombRaider

I understand that you're a little light in the loafers and now we know that you're a little light in history. The Japanese were finished....really? The Japanese were finished on Okinawa and they cost us plenty of lives and almost all of theirs to take the island. Finished? The Imperial Army didn't see that way. They tried to kidnap their own emperor to keep him from entertaining the idea of surrender. No Virginia, the Japanese were NOT finished. They were beaten but they were not finished.

funny how were all high an mighty about stopping nuclear proliferation and stopping terrorist that kill civilians, yet the only country to use nuclear weapons against civilians has been the us. Originally Posted by southtown4488

and it ended a war when we did it. Finished your thought for you.

and it ended a war when we did it. Finished your thought for you. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

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Au contraire. Here's one that makes a lot of sense:



Too much truth in that one for you to handle, sewer rat?
. Originally Posted by lustylad

He wasn't there

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They paid the price for picking a fight with a Country who in the past had proven that they had the resolve to do what ever it took to win. Originally Posted by Jackie S

No matter how many innocent lives it takes, right.

You can always get woomby's attention when you use words like "meat grinder". Maybe he could ask Big Sir to "unload" on him about the Okinawa campaign. More pillow talk would be good for their relationship and shore up woomby's pathetically weak and distorted grasp of history, especially WWII history.
. Originally Posted by lustylad

Japanese were finished. We had fire-bombed the absolute hell out of them. To think it was anything but a message to the ussr is to be naive. The Majority of Trumans generals were against it.

and it ended a war when we did it. Finished your thought for you. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Ended a war? We've been fighting a war off and on, ever since.

I understand that you're a little light in the loafers and now we know that you're a little light in history. The Japanese were finished....really? The Japanese were finished on Okinawa and they cost us plenty of lives and almost all of theirs to take the island. Finished? The Imperial Army didn't see that way. They tried to kidnap their own emperor to keep him from entertaining the idea of surrender. No Virginia, the Japanese were NOT finished. They were beaten but they were not finished. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

They never tried to kidnap the emperor. Provide a link or its just coming out of your ass.

The fact that you believe the bombs ended the war prove you are the ones who don't know your history, not me. You have fallen for the myth.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/l...nst-Japan.html

In his memoirs, Admiral William D Leahy, the President’s chief of staff and the top official at meetings of American and British chiefs of staff, minced few words, writing: “The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender.”


You idiots know better than Trumans chief of staff though, right. Fucking morons.

and it ended a war when we did it. Finished your thought for you. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

that was ur thought, not mine.
Fact remains, no one else has dropped a nuclear bomb on citizens. . . you can rationalize it all u want. .. im sure AL Qaeda rationalized the 911 attackes. Both are wrong.

Not only are we the only nation on earth to unleash nuclear hell on another nation (I'm not saying it was unjustified back then), but also in doing so, helped create Japan's greatest legend...