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This day in History 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Posted on 08/09/2007 3:18:57 AM PDT by abb
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In other words, there were plenty more where the first two came from.
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:19:00 AM PDT
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abb
To: mainepatsfan; indcons
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:20:08 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: All
To get your blood up this morning...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20070808/cm_uc_crrscx/op_173502
A Solemn Nuclear Anniversary Robert Scheer
Wed Aug 8, 3:00 AM ET
During a week of mayhem in Iraq, in which terrorists have rightly been condemned for targeting schoolchildren, it is sobering to recall that this week is also the 62nd anniversary of a U.S. attack that deliberately took the lives of thousands of children on their way to school in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:25:18 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
In the minds of the left it would have been better if far more Japanese school children had been killed by conventional means rather than a smaller number by the atomic bombs.
To: abb
How can somebody as stupid as Robert Scheer remember to breathe in and out, day in and day out?
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:32:32 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(You cannot coexist with somebody who wants you dead.)
[back row (L-R)] Captain Beahan, Captain Van Pelt, Jr., First Lt. Albury, Second Lt. Olivi, Major Sweeney
Staff Sgt. Buckley, Master Sgt. Kuharek, Sgt. Gallagher, Staff Sgt. DeHart, Sgt. Spitzer
Bravo Zulu to the crew of Bock's Car for a job well done.
To: A.A. Cunningham
A fabulous book written by General Sweeney.
I loan my copy to anyone willing to read it.
Good job A.A.
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:36:57 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: abb
The Japanese had little concern for the fate of school children, or anyone else in territory they controlled. The list of Japanese war crimes is extensive. From sex slaves, to the live dissection of prisoners in medical schools and biological warfare centers.
The Japanese have only themselves to blame for what ultimately happened.
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posted on
08/09/2007 3:40:43 AM PDT
by
NavVet
(O)
To: NavVet
It’s not pleasant to consider what would have happened if the Japanese had gotten the bomb first. How many American school children would have died?
To: abb
During a week of mayhem in Iraq, in which terrorists have rightly been condemned for targeting schoolchildren, it is sobering to recall that this week is also the 62nd anniversary of a U.S. attack that deliberately took the lives of thousands of children on their way to school in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What a maroon. IIRC from "Hiroshima" and other books the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't on their way to school but to build firebreaks and defensive military structures.
The Japanese could have done what the Brits did during the Blitz and sent their children out of the cities (which were being firebombed well prior to the atomic attacks) to safety. Instead, children kept in the cities were used as laborers on military projects - making them legitimate military targets. The ONLY ones responsible for their deaths were the military and civillian leadership in Japan.
To: abb
They deserved every single erg of energy.
To: Fresh Wind
Its not pleasant to consider what would have happened if the Japanese had gotten the bomb first. How many American school children would have died?
Let's start with these:
Elsie Mitchell, 26
Edward Engen, 13
Jay Gifford, 13
Joan Patzke, 13
Dick Patzke, 14
Sherman Shoemaker, 11
The above were murdered on May 5, 1945 near Bly, Oregon when they stumbled upon one of the approximately 9000 balloon bombs the Japanese launched against the US in order to sow terror amongst the citizens of the US Pacific Northwest and burn down forests.
Other versions of the balloon bombs were designed to carry radiological material and plague-infected rats ...
To: mainepatsfan
In the non minds of the modern left, anything that results in the deaths of more American soldiers, in WW2, Iraq or anywhere else is the best possible outcome. Their complete hatred of our military and nation become more evident every day.
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:09:39 AM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: abb
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:11:33 AM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: abb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki both leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling, when I think of ALL of the AMERICANS that survived because of these bombs... and ALL of their AMERICAN offspring that were born because their fathers did not die invading the Japanese homeland!
LLS
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:15:51 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
To: abb
In other words, there were plenty more where the first two came from. The Enola Gay and Bock's Car were 2 of 15 B-29's that were specially fitted for delivery of atomic bombs. We were also processing all of the uranium we had obtained from the Germans into bombs. I don't know if we actually had any more bombs ready at the time Fat Man was used.
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:17:35 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: NavVet
We got “their mind right” in a big hurry too. America should never apologize... but instead should remind “mess with us and it can happen to you”!
LLS
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:19:43 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
To: abb
I had always heard that we only had the two atomic bombs. Now they’re saying we had more?
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:21:27 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: NavVet
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:22:57 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Dixie Yooper
The Japanese never would have given up if we hadn’t attacked both Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Truman was right .Even my Japanese father-in-law agreed .
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posted on
08/09/2007 4:23:19 AM PDT
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sushiman
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