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Hiroshima atomic bomb victims want apology from Obama
Yahoo News ^ | May 19, 2016

Posted on 05/19/2016 7:59:27 AM PDT by Rennes Templar

Tokyo (AFP) - Victims of the atomic bombings of Japan want an apology from US President Barack Obama when he visits Hiroshima next week, the head of a survivors' group said Thursday.

Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, where the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, killing about 140,000 people in total.

Tens of thousands were killed by the fireball that the powerful Hiroshima blast generated, with many more succumbing to injuries or illnesses caused by radiation in the weeks, months and years afterwards.

Vast swathes of the city, including many of its military and industrial installations, were flattened.

The southern city of Nagasaki was hit by a second bomb days later, killing 74,000 people, in one of the final acts of World War II.

"I urge him to apologise to those who died, bereaved families and parents who lost their children," Terumi Tanaka, secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations and a survivor of the Nagasaki explosion, told reporters.

The comments came as Obama's much anticipated journey to Hiroshima reignited an emotional debate over whether the bombings were justified and whether the US president should apologise.

Obama, who will be in Japan for a Group of Seven summit, will visit Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park on May 27 and be accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

US officials have ruled out an apology for the bombings and said Obama will not revisit the decision by then-US President Harry Truman to carry them out.

"Many atomic bomb victims think it's not all right if (Obama) doesn't apologise," said Toshiki Fujimori, the group's assistant secretary general and also a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: apology; bhoasia; hiroshima; japan; wwii
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To: Mollypitcher1

Brakes = brake pads + braking surface. (rotor or drum)

You should stop replying. You don’t know what you’re talking about.


101 posted on 05/23/2016 7:51:48 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: Dagnabitt

The Japanese Army was the ISIS of the 30’s and 40’s.

Murder, torture and rape were SOP where they conquered.

The nation that spawned that evil deserved every nuke they got.


Exactly right..The Japs are damned fortunate that the Chinese haven’t sought revenge over the years, damned fortunate.


102 posted on 05/23/2016 7:55:21 AM PDT by AFret.
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To: AFret.

Japan is lucky that we nuked them, because it kept the Soviets, and the ChiComs out of Japan.


103 posted on 05/23/2016 7:56:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ConservativeWarrior

I was racing cars probably before you were born. Son also!


104 posted on 05/23/2016 9:41:10 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

What a elderly old treat you must be.

All those years “racing” and you never took the time to learn how brakes work, or what components comprise them?


105 posted on 05/23/2016 9:54:23 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Keep trying, knucklehead. You got caught out and you can’t stand it. Geow up!


106 posted on 05/23/2016 8:26:14 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Rennes Templar

The Japs started it.....why apologize for finishing it ?


107 posted on 05/23/2016 8:30:46 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Another America sucks tour.


108 posted on 05/23/2016 8:34:01 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Mollypitcher1

I’m glad I could explain brakes to you. You’re welcome.

Feel free to reach out if you have any other car questions.


109 posted on 05/24/2016 4:32:07 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Never happen. Blowhards are not my type. When YOU learn something about what you attempt to talk about, try again.


110 posted on 05/24/2016 8:40:39 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

“Blowhards are not my type.”

_______________________________

Must be hard to keep that glass house of yours clean.

Read your original screed about how domestic cars are amazing, and imports suck.

Talk about a blowhard! haha


111 posted on 05/24/2016 8:51:51 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Your problem. Not mine!


112 posted on 05/24/2016 8:58:08 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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