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Obama Declines To Defend U.S. Bombing Of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/13/2009 5:06:12 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Defending the decision of the United States to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII is not a comfortable thing to do when you're in Japan. But if you're President of the United States, you must do it. Diplomatically, yes. With sympathy for the civilian victims, yes. But you must do it.

But when it came time today for Barack Obama to do so, he failed in that fundamental duty. The very first reporter [from Fuji TV] called on at the joint press conference with PBO and Japanese PM Hatayama in Tokyo today put the question to Pres. Obama in blunt and explicit terms:

JAPANESE REPORTER: What is your understanding of the historical meaning of the A-bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Do you think it was the right decision?

Obama took a deep breath, paused . . . and punted . . .

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; hiroshima; nagasaki; nuclearweapons
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1 posted on 11/13/2009 5:06:15 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

Obama fails to defend nuking of Japan ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 11/13/2009 5:07:12 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Conservative criticism of the liberal media: www.finkelblog.com)
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yeah well, whatever. I never expected him to. He’s shown what he’s made of - gelatin. Or Silly Putty - can be molded and stretched into whatever George Soros and his other handlers want him to be.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER.


3 posted on 11/13/2009 5:09:01 AM PST by SueRae
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama: an utter shame to his (well, maybe) nation and the single biggest fomenter of trouble for the world economy short of the the Black Death (hey, maybe that could be his nickname if he has his way with the capitalist system).


4 posted on 11/13/2009 5:10:46 AM PST by aruanan
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Can't expect the prize "winner" to defend the use of that pesky old A-bomb, now could we?


5 posted on 11/13/2009 5:11:14 AM PST by COUNTrecount (Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither)
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6 posted on 11/13/2009 5:12:07 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Present!


7 posted on 11/13/2009 5:13:00 AM PST by rhombus
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

A useless, useless person.


8 posted on 11/13/2009 5:14:19 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Godspeed, T, on your fourth tour of duty in Iraq.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
barrack is a vagina to the tenth power... a commie rat and a muzzie... straight from hell.

LLS

9 posted on 11/13/2009 5:14:48 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What a disappointment..... drip, drip, drip


10 posted on 11/13/2009 5:14:53 AM PST by pointsal
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Will the MSM report Obama's duck and cover?

A rhetorical question, I presume.

11 posted on 11/13/2009 5:17:06 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

p u s s y


12 posted on 11/13/2009 5:17:10 AM PST by MGMSwordsman
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What is your understanding of the historical meaning of the A-bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Do you think it was the right decision?

The proper response would have been "It was an excellent decision. It saved the lives of a million Americans and also the lives of TENS OF MILLIONS of Japanese".

This is what an invasion of Japan would have looked like.

13 posted on 11/13/2009 5:18:07 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
It appeared from the video that Obama was looking down at what was proably a talking points/briefing book to keep him on message. His failure to respond to the question about whether the decision to drop nuclear weapons on Japan was correct or not, was probably not one of the items on his talking points cheat sheet.

A non-answer was probably better than his typical apology. However, it was an unsatisfactory response for America. This man is a disgrace.

14 posted on 11/13/2009 5:18:12 AM PST by kabar
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

NO SURPRISE from that libtard citizen of the world ectoplasm!

In a normal world this guy would be a joke ,a caricature


15 posted on 11/13/2009 5:18:21 AM PST by Ulysse (a)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama sympathizes with all those who attack America....


16 posted on 11/13/2009 5:18:40 AM PST by Always Right
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The proper response is “If Japan had the weapon first and it could have turned the tide and won the war for them, would they have used it on the US?”.


17 posted on 11/13/2009 5:19:06 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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It’s not hard to understand ‘why’ if you understand the ‘cloth’ that he’s made out of.

ZERO views himself not as past Presidents have. Those who have viewed themselves as a continuation of ‘American Exceptionalism’ (although to a much lesser degree shown in past Democrat Presidents like Carter and Clinton).

No. ZERO views himself as being something completly ‘different’ and ‘representing a complete break’ with that belief. Thereby ‘rejecting’ the past view of what represented American Exceptionalism - and interjection his own ‘view’, i.e. all of the APOLOGIZING’ he has embarked on for perceived ‘WRONGS’ by him and anti-Americans throughout the world.


18 posted on 11/13/2009 5:19:30 AM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Be nice to have a POTUS who could make a decision. How hard is it to look them straight in the eye and say “Yes. Your government and people made a terrible mistake. We fixed it.”


19 posted on 11/13/2009 5:19:30 AM PST by bigheadfred (WOGGA LA HOOGA!!!)
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“Obama Declines To Defend U.S. Bombing Of Hiroshima, Nagasaki”

J A C K A S S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 11/13/2009 5:20:28 AM PST by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
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