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60 Years Since Hiroshima
cryptoz writes "Today is the 6th of August, 2005, exactly 60 years after the first nuclear device was used in a war. Japan remembers what happened, as do those around the world. Elswhere, we remember where the bomb hit, as well as how it worked." From the article about Japan's observation of the anniversary: "The anniversary comes as regional powers meet in Beijing to urge North Korea to give up its nuclear programme, seen by Tokyo as a threat and one of the reasons behind rising calls in Japan to strengthen its defence and seek closer military ties with the United States. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was among those attending the ceremony in Hiroshima, 690 km (430 miles) southwest of Tokyo." We've previously reported on the anniversary of the first nuclear explosion.
But how does it feel -after all pride and duty- to be part of the nation that fired up such a "baby" at first?
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Just a -perhaps- dumb question I would ask myself if I would be an american boy. Doesn't matter, being a german boy isn't easy anyway
The fact that rogue fundementalist nations like the United States and Israel posses WMDs is the number one threat to world security today.
Every nation with any useful natural resources or territory that has any relevance to the lunatic fundementalist Christian or Jewish whackjobs in power right now can only do the sane thing of arming themselves with their own WMDs to prevent a war of terror like what is going on in Palestein and Iraq.
Just to be anti-american for the sake of it?
So, it is anti-German to post stories about the Holocaust? Stupid cunt.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
The cruelty that we visit upon each other should never be forgotten. You mean the cruelty that United States of America visit upon the world? That USA, as the only nation in the world, actually used a nuclear bomb, not only once but twice, should never be forgiven nor forgotten.
"Thanks for saving many hundreds of thousands of lives that would've been lost had the war the Japanese started with a surprise attack continued."
In fact, according to most of the Christian Right in the USA, including the President, God will say 'You unbeliever, off to hell with you!'
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
Zonk is a fucking retard.
The subject does not need back and forth debate. It needs common sense. The bombs were needed and if you think otherwise you are wrong. And i think statistical and physical data is much more useful as evidence then the possibility of a possible Japanese surrender on some intelligence officers desk.