Posted on 08/07/2015 10:37:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Today is the 70th anniversary of President Truman’s decision to bomb Hiroshima.
Today is also Jon Stewart’s final appearance as host of The Daily Show.
Given the confluence of these two events, I somehow neglected to mention perhaps the daftest thing Stewart ever did during his 16 years host of The Daily Show in my rather brutal assessment of his intelligence and his comedic talents.
Remember in 2009 when Stewart told Cliff May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, that President Truman was a war criminal because he dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Stewart has always been an idiot
that is a fact. I’m glad he’s leaving.
Well, the young people are being taught in school that Japan was about to surrender, so there was no need to drop the bomb. Stewart appeals to these indoctrinated kids.
The Japanese did not surrender after the first bomb, and they surrendered too earlier for it to have been the second bomb. They surrendered as soon as Russia declared war.
***Well, the young people are being taught in school that Japan was about to surrender,***
Wonder how many of these heads full of mush would be willing to take the place of one GI in a landing craft heading for Japan to see if Japan really would surrender without the BOMB being dropped.
After Iwo Jima and Okinawa, it was clear that Japan had no idea of surrendering and really almost did not do so even after the atomic bombs.
Truman made a decision that saved many lives. If it hadn’t been for that decision I probably wouldn’t be here. Dad was training for the invasion of Japan when the bombs were dropped.
On the other hand, if not for Adolf Hitler, I might not be here. Dad wouldn’t have joined the Army, and wouldn’t have been on maneuvers in Tennessee where he met my mother.
Crazy how things worked out.
Stewart is a pseudo intellectual with no sense of humor.
How many things can I call stewart? He is nothing but an entertainer on the comedy channel. He has no relevance, no legitimacy, no class, no nuthin’ except a cameraman.
As I said in an earlier post, it was more the declaration of war by Russia then those bombs.
Japan surrendered when Truman said they could keep the emporer.
Sadly, millions of younger Americans with no taste for the bitter truth drink the snide, smirking cool aid that Stewart dishes out.
Which was why Tojo came very close to killing the Emperor.
FDR is a war criminal for not using poison gas on the Japanese held Islands—and saving lives of American Soldiers. Clean em like like Vermin rather that frontal assault onto the beach.
I don’t agree.
I don’t think the Russians scared the Japanese at all. Marshall Zhukof had beaten them in an early battle but other than that, Japan had always defeated the Russians.
The Russians were afraid of the Japanese and only declared war after it was obvious that Japan was finished. Russia then grabbed as much territory as they could before the war ended.
The Russians knew we had the A bomb almost as soon as we did but did not declare war on the Japanese because they feared them.
“The Japanese did not surrender after the first bomb, and they surrendered too earlier for it to have been the second bomb. They surrendered as soon as Russia declared war.”
The Russian military had no capability to invade Japan. Furthermore, many Japanese units in mainland of Asia continued fighting AFTER the call for surrender by the Emperor.
You might want to read the text of the surrender document:
“We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese Armed Forces and all Armed Forces under Japanese control wherever situated.”
Unconditional surrender. The decision to spare Hirohito was made after the war ended.
You need to read more. The Russian declared war on the last possible day they could, according to their agreement with the allies. It had nothing to do with Japan's condition. Japan's whole war strategy depended on having their entire force in the South to defend the home islands against the U.S. They had no contingency plans for defending from Russia in the north. They knew they'd be screwed if Russia attacked the homes islands.
And Russia DID invade Japan. They were kicking Japan's butt it Manchuria. Japan had over 80k dead and 650k POWs.
Japan did not rush out and have a Supreme War Council after Hiroshima. They waited three days. And then they moved the time of the council up, after the news of Russia's declaration of war and invasion. So, Japan did not attack with absolute urgency and panic after Hiroshima, but they did after the Russian invasion. (I am not arguing that the nuclear bombs shouldn't have been dropped; just that it was the cause of surrender)
Russia then grabbed as much territory as they could before the war ended.
Russia, didn't, "grab up," as much territory as they could. Those territories were specifically promised to Russia by the U.S. and the U.K. if Russia agreed to declare war on Japan
The Russians knew we had the A bomb almost as soon as we did but did not declare war on the Japanese because they feared them.
Again, read up. Russia had a neutrality pact with Japan, and FDR/Truman stupidly let them keep it in place. By the terms of Yalta, Potsdam, etc. the Russia were required to declare war on Japan exactly three months after Germany surrendered. VE Day was May 8th. Russia informed Japan they were declaring war just before midnight on August 8th and invaded Manchuria at midnight. Japan was desperately trying to extend the neutrality pact for months before that. And Russia tried to give them hope it was possible.
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