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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Fri May 20, 2016, 05:34 PM May 2016

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No, Obama should not apologize. tonyt53 May 2016 #1

Imagine if we didnt drop the bomb and invaded. Gomez163 May 2016 #3

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There's a difference between bombing and having civilians die as collateral damage and Gomez163 May 2016 #10

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Hiroshima was a major army base Gomez163 May 2016 #13

If they wanted to kill a lot of people, they could have dropped it on Tokyo. Gomez163 May 2016 #15

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No one brought charges. You can speculate all you want but no one brought charges. Gomez163 May 2016 #19

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Agree. 840high May 2016 #26

There was no wrongdoing. It was war. A war the Japanese started. Gomez163 May 2016 #2

See #5 guillaumeb May 2016 #7

No apologies TrappedInUtah May 2016 #4

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There is no U.S. wrongdoing to apologize for. FLPanhandle May 2016 #6

See #5 guillaumeb May 2016 #8

Saw it and you are still wrong. FLPanhandle May 2016 #11

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Dresden was a military target Gomez163 May 2016 #17

Where was the military installation in NYC SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #21

Why? Will it make someone 'feel' good? Time to move on and keep working on today's world. (nt) The Straight Story May 2016 #18

For YEARS I believed that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were required... Shandris May 2016 #20

We do not yet know what the President will say in Hiroshima next week; what we do know struggle4progress May 2016 #22

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As a practical matter, an Obama apology will be a gift to the Republicans this election season. branford May 2016 #25

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Well, he's not going to apologize. So there's that. cheapdate May 2016 #27

How about Japan? Oneironaut May 2016 #28

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We should apologize for those. Now, about Japan... Oneironaut May 2016 #31

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The difference is, the U.S. doesnt deny that it ever committed war crimes. Oneironaut May 2016 #35

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Saved more lives than it took madville May 2016 #32

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