Posted on Aug 7, 2015
Should the United States apologize to Japan for dropping the atomic bomb?
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Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the United States using the first atomic bomb dropping it on Japan, many news organizations and individuals recognized this historic event. A post by one of my friends caught my eye “…why Japan had apologized for its wartime atrocities repeatedly, but the people of Japan had never received an apology for the dropping of two atomic bombs.” Should the United States apologize for the use of atomic weapons that ultimately ended World War II?
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Peace Activists Descend on Los Alamos ...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Ellie Voutselas, 78, pulled from a cardboard box the sacks she had fashioned into ponchos, slicing holes in the burlap for the head and arms. Cayla Turain, 22, grabbed hers, smudged ashes on her face, and joined a silent march for peace.
On Aug. 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, incinerating tens of thousands on the ground. Seventy years later, Ms. Voutselas, Ms. Turain and about 80 others marched toward the secured entrance to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the bombs that ravaged Hiroshima and, three days later, Nagasaki, had been conceived.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/us/peace-activists-descend-on-los-alamos-but-residents-remain-indifferent.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Ellie Voutselas, 78, pulled from a cardboard box the sacks she had fashioned into ponchos, slicing holes in the burlap for the head and arms. Cayla Turain, 22, grabbed hers, smudged ashes on her face, and joined a silent march for peace.
On Aug. 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, incinerating tens of thousands on the ground. Seventy years later, Ms. Voutselas, Ms. Turain and about 80 others marched toward the secured entrance to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the bombs that ravaged Hiroshima and, three days later, Nagasaki, had been conceived.
Read more at ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/us/peace-activists-descend-on-los-alamos-but-residents-remain-indifferent.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
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PO1 Aaron Baltosser
Sure. "We are sorry your nation dishonorably attacked a nation not at war with you. We are sorry we were not as inclined as the Chinese to accept your super agressive stance and felt forced to take direct action. We are sorry we couldn't encourage your surrender faster when it was visibly forseeable Japan was never going to be victorious. We are sorry we couldn't develop the bomb faster sving millions of lives on the side of the righteous. We are sorry your nation was willing to sacrifice civilians, women, children and committed criminal acts toward prisoners in a stance filled with cowardice. We are sorry we had to drop teo to convince you our victory was assured and your wrak attempts at world domination over.
That is the only apology I would ever give were I of a divulgatory mood.
That is the only apology I would ever give were I of a divulgatory mood.
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