See: A People's Record of Hiroshima
Nagasaki the forgotten bomb
Nope, nothing about Nagasaki in my paper today.
FLASHBACK:
A girl prepares to release a paper lantern on the Motoyasu river in Japan in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6. Japan said it would stand by a self-imposed ban on nuclear weapons as it commemorated the anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on the western city of Hiroshima. Seen in the background is the gutted A-bomb dome.
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Related: The Single Greatest War Crime in Human History
Hiroshima Didn't Have to Happen
What is truly sad is the USraeli empire may very well open the Third World War by using them.
"US, Japan mark bombing of Hiroshima; Ambassador’s presence is hailed by some" by Eric Talmadge, Associated Press | August 6, 2010
Japanese youths held candles while praying for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing at the Atomic Bomb Come at Peace Memorial Park yesterday in Hiroshima, Japan. The city will mark the 65th anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack today. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
HIROSHIMA, Japan — The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of bells today as Hiroshima marked its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the United States and other major nuclear powers.
Washington’s decision to send US Ambassador John Roos to the 65th anniversary of the bombing was seen by many as potentially paving the way for President Obama to visit Hiroshima — which would be unprecedented for a sitting US leader.
Then he is committed to never using them under any circumstances?
Britain and France also made their first official appearance at the memorial, as well as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Altogether, 74 nations were represented.
China, which sent a low-ranking official in 2008, did not participate. Officials said it did not give a reason.
Hiroshima was careful to ensure that the memorial emphasized a look-forward approach, focusing not on whether the bombing was justified, a point which many Japanese dispute, but on averting a future nuclear attack....
Ban, who presented flowers at the Eternal Flame in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, said this year’s memorial would send a strong signal to the world that nuclear weapons must be destroyed....
Take that shtick to Israel.
Washington’s decision to attend the anniversary has been welcomed by Japan’s government, but has generated complex feelings among some Japanese who see the bombing as unjustified and want the United States to apologize.
I know there is nothing formal in it; however, on behalf of my country I would like to profusely apologize for those abominable war crimes, the worst in history.
“Americans think that the bombing was reasonable because it speeded up the end of the war. They try to see it in a positive way,’’ Naomi Sawa, a 69-year-old former teacher, said after paying her respects to the dead. “But we were devastated.’’
I never saw it that way.
About 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 Enola Gay bombed Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, about 80,000 people died after the United States attacked Nagasaki.
That was to see if a different design worked and to make sure the Russians got the message about East Asia and us.
The United States decided to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it believed that would speed up Japan’s surrender and avoid the tough battles expected to take Japan’s mainland. Fears of bloody battles were heightened by Japan’s intense defenses of outlying islands.
Yeah, that is what my lying state schools ejerkaytid me on.
Concerns that attending the ceremony — an emotional event beginning with the offering of water to the dead and a moment of silence to soothe their souls — would reopen old wounds had kept the United States away....
I will take one now.
The State Department deemed the time was right to do so, and it was a chance to push Obama’s goal of nuclear disarmament.
Yeah, NOTHING the United States ever does is because it is the RIGHT THING to do!
There is ALWAYS an AGENDA-PUSHING STRING attached!
"Hiroshima event stirs hope for Obama visit" by Chico Harlan, Washington Post | August 7, 2010
Don't worry, that won't last long with him.
SEOUL — With a US delegation in attendance for the first time, a Japanese ceremony yesterday commemorating history’s first atomic bomb attack coincided with renewed hopes that President Obama will visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, something no sitting US president has done.
US Ambassador John Roos represented Washington at the anniversary event at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, 65 years after a US bomb leveled the city, killing roughly 140,000. By several measurements, this year’s ceremony was the biggest yet: Representatives from a record 74 countries showed up. Britain and France participated for the first time, as did UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
In a speech, Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan described a “new momentum’’ toward nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. He attributed that to Obama, who in April 2009 spoke of a “world without nuclear weapons,’’ and who four months ago hosted world leaders at a nuclear summit in Washington.
Related: Obama's Nuclear Nonsense
US unease with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations has long prodded at a sensitive spot in an otherwise enduring alliance.
Sign of a guilty conscience.
And despite recent diplomatic wrangling over the relocation of a US air base on Okinawa, Obama remains a popular figure in Japan.
I would be willing to bet he is more popular there than here.
According to the Associated Press, Obama T-shirts were on sale yesterday at the Peace Park’s museum....
That is scary to me because it smacks on prophecy.
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Never again!!
Seems like I heard something like that once before.....
