[Forgotten Amendments]

Anyone who thinks dropping the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes are fools.

Here's a few "fools" who thought it was a mistake or worse:

Douglass MacArthur

Dwight Eisenhour

Curtis LeMay

Admiral Leahy

Chester Nimitz

"Bull" Halsey

Admiral Byrd

Admiral Strauss

Gen. Claire Chennault

Hap Arnold

General George Kenney

Averill Harriman

Herbert Hoover

Also, virtually all conservatives before the neocon takeover in the 80's. Bunch of lefties!!!!! /sarc

[Czar]

Can you please give us your source for this? Thanks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Some of the individuals you named may have expressed reservations, but I don't think one of them was inexorably and adamantly opposed to Hiroshima. I cannot even think of any reason that Curtis LeMay was on that list. His reaction to Hiroshima was mild contempt, remarking that his boys killed that many before breakfast. The others may have had self interest. In the case of MacAuthur, particularly, for instance, the only unit in the Pacific that did not report to him was the 509th Composite Bombardment Group and he was unaware of its mission and only found out about it after the fact. The only orders he received relative to Hiroshima was *not* to make a (Goddamnn) press release that would embarrass the Army and the United States.

If you are going to make scattershot representations on behalf of the dead, it behooves you to cite a little more evidence than a list of names. Even isolated statements taken out of context are better than merely assigning an opinion you favor to a respected historical figure.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Douglass MacArthur

Dwight Eisenhour

Curtis LeMay****

They might have had a different opinion if they knew THEY were going to be in the first landing craft to hit Japan’s shores.

My dad served with Patton in Europe. He almost got Patton’s war with the Russians started.

He was sent back to the US to train for the invasion of Japan.

[fso301]

Here's a few "fools" who thought it was a mistake or worse:

What is your source for the list?

[nkycincinnatikid]

Thank you for that courageous post.

[tiger63]

I only see a couple of folks you call fools who opposed the Bomb.

The Navy rejected and refused to take part in any invasion of Japan read your history.

Ike hated Truman and knew he would be elected POTUS just because took the liberal stand to insure his election.

1. The jackass Douglass MacArthur (dude who got more of our
men killed than any field general in WWII)

2. Curtis LeMay (what can you say)

3. a couple ding bat liberal goverment critters.

4. The rest lost jobs because the war ended!

[2ndDivisionVet]

Links?