> Hmmmm, I dunno. It has a sadly familiar ring to it.
Yes, the ring of Hiroshima where millions of lives were saved at the loss of tens of thousands.
Horrible, yes, but what’s the alternative?
You wanna bring them some cookies and make friends?
It was horrible and there was NO alternative.
My mother used to tell me about how frightened every one was here on the West Coast. She and most West Coast folks were POSITIVE that after Pearl Harbor, WE were next: San Diego, San Francisco, Bremerton--all the places with shipyards.
My father was busy serving in North Africa. He didn't have to because he was born in Mexico, was already 31 years old and already had a child. He and his family came here escaping the Mexican Revolution.
My maiden surname is a French name and the French family left France escaping the French Revolution. They weren't anyone important but they didn't want to live in civil war.
But, my dad volunteered ANYWAY because he was an American and grateful for the opportunity to show his adopted [He was only nine years old when he came here.] country what HE was made of.
He then went north to Anzio, returned to North Africa and got malaria. That almost killed him. But he survived and lived until he was 57 years old. Apparently the malaria damaged his heart.
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You wanna bring them some cookies and make friends?
No need to be snide.
But I WOULD love to have some chocolate chip cookies and cold milk with you...any day.