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tonyt53

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1. No, Obama should not apologize.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:46 PM

May 2016

May dad was in the first US Marine landing of WWII on Guadalcanal. He was wounded, recovered, and made two more landings, the final being on Iwo, where wounds ended his war effort. All he ever said about the Japanese was that they were without souls and that they would never have surrendered without dropping the bomb. It is estimated that thousands more Japanese would have died if we had invaded than from dropping the bombs. At least 100K Americans would have died also. It is easy to stand back now and condemn it.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] guillaumeb May 2016 OP

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

This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb May 2016 #9

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

This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb May 2016 #24

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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