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In reply to the discussion: Hiroshima - quit lying to yourselves [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)It amazes me that people who weren't even living then have the temerity to argue with people who were part of the event, and with the factual record.
Instead of popping off with second-hand revisionism, people should educate themselves first... this link discusses all of the significant works on the subject, and dissects the valid from the fake. Any nitwit can write a book, and lots of them are written by people with an agenda other than the truth (often the payoff is money, or position, "scholarship" was corrupted a long time ago).
http://www.theamericanpresident.us/images/truman_bomb.pdf
I'll slam America anytime it's deserved, but this isn't one of those times. ALL of WW2 was horrific. Check out the bombing of London sometime.
I also had a father-in-law who was on board one of the ships in Pearl Harbor, and survived. Remember that Japan didn't have to start the war with us in the first place. There is no doubt that if Japan had developed the bomb first, they would've used it. So would the Germans. So would any of the nations involved for that matter.
Yes, lives were lost and that is tragic. It's also true that lives exist now that would not otherwise. That is a fact too, that matters just as much as other facts. And yes, it is now proven. Japanese communications that were declassified in the 70's conclusively proves it. That is after the revisionism on this subject was well on its way to being accepted as a fad "truth".