Nuclear Weapons

[saden1]

Originally Posted by 4mrusmc

Brother saden1, don't get the whole "I'm glade as hell" thing all twisted. You see, like brother trample, I too have spent time over seas in the far East (Okinawa, and a little time in main land Japan). I have studied the Japanese culture and their people.

I guess that I don't have remind you that Japan dragged our reluctant asses into war with them when they attacked us at Pearl. You see before we were attacked, we were asked by our friends in Europe to save their beacon, because they were getting the crap kicked out of them by those same bad guys. Our so called political heros were too busy wringing their hands over the thought of going to war, and dealing with the menace of Japan, Germany, and Italy. These countries at the time were playing a game of world domination and genocide.

I also have read plenty of novels that cronicle our involvement in WWII. These novels are military, so you would probably not be interested. But, if you would ever like to get a different perspective, you should check some out. And when you do, you will learn how that those same people that started our involvement were vicious, cruel, and merciless, and yes racist killers.

The Japanese people were led by their Emperor, and to surrender was to disgarce him. They were ingrained that surrender is not an option. These people saden1 fought to the last man, and when all was hopeless they would either committ suicide, or bonzi charge your ass. That is why our casaulty rate was so high when we would "island hop" toward the main land of Japan. So don't misunderstand that the A-bomb really saved lives. And yes as crazy as that may sound to you. Because if we had done a main land invasion, the human cost would have been much higher. And trust me when I say this, but a land invasion would have pretty much destroyed much of Japan itself, and it would have taken far longer to rebuild Japan. It's a pretty safe bet that Japan would not have been able to rebuild to the Japan that we know of Japan today.

And in closing, you saden1 should really stop throwing fire bomb threads like this. All it does is piss one another off. It is obvious that no one will ever change your way of thinking clearly. I engage you from time to time because you challenge me, and I like that. But to others bro, I think your act is getting old. I'm sure that your professor is very proud of what you have become.

I wasn't planning on responding but the heck with it, here goes:

Good Reverend 4mrusmc, I asked a simple and straightforward question that's relevant to current events. You're welcome to put your two cents in but your not welcomed to ask a question and then pretend to be a victim when it's answered. If you stick your foot in your mouth that's not my fault. I didn't doooo it! That goes for homeboy TTE but I think he might actually have a legitimate excuse, he has foot fetish. Isn't that so TTE? There's another possibility, bad choice of words on your part and responding on my part.

You read military novels? Me too, my favorits are Mother Night, Catch-22, and Slaughterhouse Five. I also play WWII video games now and then. You?

I have learned quite a bit about the Japanse and WWII in this thread. I thank you sir, very much. I'm still not sure what triggered the need for this history lesson though. Was my historical ignorance that obvious in my posts? I'm a confused sheep who doesn't know what you're on about.

I'm glad you feel challenged now and then, hopefully you'll afford others the ability to speak for themselves. My professor would agree that it's the right and honorable thing to do.


Remember folks, it's much harder to be nice than it is to be an asshole.