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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I see no reason for any apology for ending a war that they started. Several years ago I stood at Wright Patterson in front of Bockscar and a Japanese reporter asked me what i thought about the dropping of the bombs. I told him flat out that I was glad they ended the war and that I pray we never need them again.
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LTC Bink Romanick
My dad had 5 battle stars and an arrowhead in SOWESPAC where here served as an amphibious tanker attached to 1CD and 37th ID.He saw combat at Bougainville, New Guinea, Borneo and the Phillipines. He took part in the Los Banos raid. He was staging for the invasion when they dropprd the bombs. They probably saved his life and by extension mine.
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Right after they apologize for all of their war crimes. Anyone remember a little thing called the Bataan death march?
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No. It prevented a bloody and protracted invasion of mainland Japan. People died in a dramatic fashion, but I believe the Empire of Japan needed an overwhelming display of force to override their pride. It sucks, but so did the entire war. Thank God we did not establish a precedence for using them outside of desperation.
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No. Why should we apologize? Did the Germans apologize to the Jews and the other 11 million people they slaughtered for no reason other than they didn't fit hitler's cookie cutter opinion? What next? Will we be apologizing for defending our nation now from the terrorists; avenging our helpless 9/11 victims? It was a war. We did not commit atrocities by dropping the bombs. If we had gone in there and tortured the innocent citizens or something, then I could see apologies for that. But like GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad says we were finishing a war they started. Come onto our soil, violate our land, fight a fight to the death and see what happens. At least that was our nation's mentality back then. (Now, eh that might be different.)
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I equate this to, "Talk shit, get hit." Japan kicked off that war, and refused to acknowledge they lost it until two of their cities lay in ruins and another was burning. I don't see as how we have anything to apologize for.
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Hell no, you live by the sword and you die by the sword. The Japanese indulged in Total War against foreign population centers. We just reciprocated with bigger bombs.
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No. It was a moment in time. Decisions were made (on both sides). It happened. I also hope that they don't try to remove THIS from our history just like they are trying to write the Confederate Flag out of our history, along with other aspects of history.... just because it wasn't a great moment, does not mean that it didn't happen...and if forgotten, may be repeated.
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