Obama goes to Hiroshima, and naturally, screws it up

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

the intent of bombing dresden wasn't to test a new weapon ..


The bombing and the resulting firestorm destroyed over 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of the city centre.[2] An estimated 22,700[3] to 25,000[4] people were killed.


67 Japanese Cities Firebombed in World War II

http://www.ditext.com/japan/napalm.html
Name of Japanese
city firebombed Percentage of the
city destroyed Equivalent in size to
the following American city

Yokohama 58 Cleveland
Tokyo 51 New York
Toyama 99 Chattanooga
Nagoya 40 Los Angeles
Osaka 35.1 Chicago
Nishinomiya 11.9 Cambridge
Siumonoseki 37.6 San Diego
Kure 41.9 Toledo

WDMSO, are you under the impression that we decided on our own, to pick on Japan in 1942?

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

WDMSO, are you under the impression that we decided on our own, to pick on Japan in 1942?

I have no issues in what was done to japan to include the bomb or germany during war its about winning and i wasn't fighting that war those who were did what they felt best for the country.. i just am not blinded by patriotism or nationalism that 71 years later things should be viewed through the same 1942 lens ... its not revisionist history people had reservations then

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistle...b&pagenumber=1

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

I have no issues in what was done to japan to include the bomb or germany during war its about winning and i wasn't fighting that war those who were did what they felt best for the country.. i just am not blinded by patriotism or nationalism that 71 years later things should be viewed through the same 1942 lens ... its not revisionist history people had reservations then

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistle...b&pagenumber=1

Yes, we had reservations.

But it wasn't an evil act, and for Obama to say it was...he's a village idiot, we elected the village idiot.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Yes, we had reservations.

But it wasn't an evil act, and for Obama to say it was...he's a village idiot, we elected the village idiot.

Jim, he never said that.

You need help.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Jim, he never said that.

You need help.

"We shall not repeat the evil".

what was he referring to?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

"We shall not repeat the evil".

what was he referring to?

another Clinton Presidency...just a guess

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by scottw

another Clinton Presidency...just a guess

Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

"We shall not repeat the evil".

what was he referring to?

a world War comes to mind

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

a world War comes to mind

His whole speech was about nukes, and that death fell from above, and about the people who died at Hiroshima. Sorry if the text of his speech proves my point...

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

"We shall not repeat the evil".

what was he referring to?

He never said that Jim.

"Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil" is an English translation of an epitaph on the Hiroshima memorial.

You've once again been duped by fake right wing "news."

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

He never said that Jim.

"Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil" is an English translation of an epitaph on the Hiroshima memorial.

You've once again been duped by fake right wing "news."

First you denied that he said "evil". Now, you're saying...I don't know what... but you are claiming that by "evil", Obama wasn't referring to our dropping the bomb. His whole speech was about nukes, and the people who died at Hiroshima, and the death fell from above, duh duh duh.