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A Memo on December 7th ("No Hard Feelings")
Sacred Cow Burgers ^ | 12/07/2004 | Sacred Cow Burgers

Posted on 12/07/2004 6:08:16 PM PST by Prime Choice

No Hard Feelings

The Butcher's Commentary



TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: december7th; japan; nuked; pearlharbor; wagingwartherightway
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To: mainepatsfan
I thought so. If he had it would have created a huge firestorm.

No, that was Dresden.

21 posted on 12/07/2004 6:43:28 PM PST by FredZarguna (Vilings Stuned my Beeber: Or, How I Learned to Live with Embarrassing NoSpellCheck Titles.)
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To: FredZarguna

Did Clinton apologize to the Germans for that?


22 posted on 12/07/2004 6:44:39 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

Remember that in April 1995 the 1996 election was still in the future, so Clinton could not afford to do something like apologize for the bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the election it might have been a different story.


23 posted on 12/07/2004 6:46:12 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Bob Dole could have used an issue like that.


24 posted on 12/07/2004 6:49:45 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

No. Dresden was literally, a firestorm. I don't think Clinton apologized for it. If I recall correctly, Queen Elizabeth did apologize.


25 posted on 12/07/2004 6:59:08 PM PST by FredZarguna (Vilings Stuned my Beeber: Or, How I Learned to Live with Embarrassing NoSpellCheck Titles.)
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To: Happy2BMe

or this one:

A US Marine was standing on the docks at Pearl Harbor when a Japanese tourist couple approached.

"Excuse me, could you tell me where the US Arizona is located?"

Without hesitating, the young Marine replied,
"It's right where you fucking left it!"


26 posted on 12/07/2004 7:37:52 PM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: Prime Choice; Happy2BMe
That's my father.
27 posted on 12/07/2004 7:40:16 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: Boazo
That's my father.

Seriously? Outstanding! *high five* Is he still with us?

28 posted on 12/07/2004 7:42:43 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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To: Prime Choice
For real,No he past away in 99 at 78 yrs.A 1st lieutenant in the army air corp.That pic. was taken a couple of hours after it returned from it's bombing run on the inland of Tinian.
29 posted on 12/07/2004 8:04:34 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: Boazo; Prime Choice
Duble-High-Five - Ditto #28.

Was he on one of the 'Heavy' flights?

(Hiro or Nagasaki?)

30 posted on 12/07/2004 8:07:26 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: FredZarguna; mainepatsfan
At Dresden I believe we used white phosphorus.

I've heard stories that you could see the glow of the flames for over a hundred miles at night.

31 posted on 12/07/2004 8:10:37 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: Happy2BMe
Was he on one of the 'Heavy' flights? No he had something to do with avionics with the planes.He did have his meals with the crew,But had know idea what was about to happen.Only after the plane returned.
32 posted on 12/07/2004 8:12:16 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: Happy2BMe

LOL as the rice flies everywhere.....


33 posted on 12/07/2004 8:13:26 PM PST by B4Ranch (((The lack of alcohol in my coffee forces me to see reality!)))
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To: Boazo
My hat is OFF to your Dad - a real hero in my book.

Did you say he is still with us?

BTW: He helped win the war and save many other American lives. That's the kind of mindset we MUST have if we are to win the war against Islamic terrorism.

34 posted on 12/07/2004 8:29:28 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: B4Ranch
They were eating at a fwamus westwant call >> "WhoFlungDung"
35 posted on 12/07/2004 8:30:48 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: Happy2BMe
Did you say he is still with us? Sadly no,Anybody who serves this great country is a hero in my book.Thanks for saying so,That would of really embarrassed him if someone had said that to him.
36 posted on 12/07/2004 8:52:09 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: Boazo
The 'real heros' are the ones who refuse to talk about it.

I got a feeling your Dad was one of them.

37 posted on 12/07/2004 9:02:13 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: Prime Choice

Heh-heh...


38 posted on 12/07/2004 9:03:40 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Boazo
Awesome photo of your dad!!! When the bomb dropped on Hiroshima my father was on a troop ship on his way to invade Japan. It's the only war story he ever told me, and he was in WW2, Korea and 3 tours of Vietnam in the USMC. He said that they were zig zagging across the Pacific for 80 days, and that they knew that the invasion of the Japanese mainland was their destination. His exact words were "they dropped the bomb, the war was over, and that was alright with your father!" That's been my opinion ever since.

I have a Japanese rifle that he got as a souvenir of war, which I inherited from him when he passed away in 1993.

It's hard to tell in that photo of your dad, but is he wearing just a pair of underwear? It looks like you can see tan lines where the underwear would end? Sorry to ask such a silly question. :)

Semper Fidelis!
39 posted on 12/07/2004 9:21:34 PM PST by MarineBrat (The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools!)
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To: Prime Choice

According to every book I've read and all documentaries I've viewed, if we didn't drop the A-Bomb, they would have dropped one on us within 6-10 months. Germans were helping prior to VE Day and some of their expertise was spirited away to Tokyo after Germany's surrender.

Also, the Japanese were working on the biological warfare, such as black plague, via airplanes and balloons courtesy of their evil experiments on the Manchurians.

The whole world should thank us every year for what we did, and what we prevented the Japs from doing.


40 posted on 12/08/2004 1:33:16 AM PST by sully777 (Our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)
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