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Originally Posted by Ogryn1313
Not hypersensitive. I just see enough bashing America on my other most visited site. The site I go to is a miserable one full of negativity that is overwhelming. Well, I'll be honest...
Satanspace.com. A Satanic site. I'm not a Satanist myself and personally I find them to be disgusting. I go there because there's a lot of kids on it and I try to encourage the ones willing to listen not to get associated with that kind of thing. And it is full of horrible shit. Bashing my country is just one of a long list of hateful and bitter things. And it saddens me seeing so many kids being indoctrinated to it.
As for the nukes...
Japan is the only nation in the world that has experienced nuclear warfare. this had such a profound effect on their culture. You know, Godzilla was a kind of outcry against nuclear weapons and the atomic age. And in their anime you have alot of apocalyptic themes.
Now, as for why the bombs were used...
You have those who say the bombs were an alternative to invading the home islands and incurring an estimated one million casualties. This is reasonable since they made us pay a heavy toll in blood for every island captured. It's reasonable to think these weapons would break their will to fight. It then becomes a matter of how many numbers of dead is acceptable.
You have another school of thought too. We know now that the bombs were not necessary as it seems Japan was already working towards surrendering. It is apparent that the president wanted to send a message to the Soviets and the bombs were the message. Afterall, as soon as Berlin was taken the Cold War began.
My take on it is, even if it took one million casualties I would have preferred invading the home islands. The nuclear bombs were targeted on cities full of children and civilians. Perhaps not all innocent as they are viable military targets. But they were non-combatants. With this said, invading Japan would have resulted in more death than nuking them. But if they were surrendering who knows right? I love Japan and wish to go there someday. Bombing them is one of the two ugliest chapters in American history, the other being the genocide of the natives.
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As I remember from my political science classes at Loyola University years ago... the use of nuclear weapons is not a military option - it is a political one. Tactical nuclear weapons not included - if, indeed, there is such a thing. The "counter-value" threat alone is meant to deter the opponent to ever start messing with you. The message being "if you fuck with me, I'm gonna annihilate you...". That's the logic of deterrence. And it worked for many years, actually.
Good old Ronald Reagan, who by my book is one of the most competent foreign policy makers in post-ww2 history, understood this completely. In spite of all the bad publicity by the left wing, the fact is that Ronnie-boy was DETERMINED to end the cold war. And he did! Holy f****** mama mia... the socalled "war monger" and probably the most hated American president in many years (well, your current one beats that - but he also deserves it :-) truly understood the nature of the Soviet Union and dealt with them the right way. Result: The cold war is history. So I raise my proverbial Stetson for good old Ronald Reagan! He had a dream - and he made it happen! Respect!
And as for the anti-everything fora you attend. I appreciate your work - this world is sadly full of people who has made it their business to be "anti". The right-wing muslims (who are actually behaving very anti-islamic) are yet another good example of this. You can find right-wing Christians whos mindsets match that pretty close, but they rarely use suicide-bombs... they just elect a president to do the job :-)
SO sane critisism is called for - but hateful outbursts lead us no where. I'm sorry you encounter that at the other fora, but the challenge then is to present "an offer they cannot refuse". And by that I mean a sane reasoning why they are SO wrong and uninformed. Present it to them in an easy-to-understand way - I doubt you're dealing with the intelligentsia there. But keep up the good work.
Peace, brother! You deserve a SWEEEEEET ladyboy rubbing your back, kissing your cheek, loving you the way ONLY a transsexual woman can love you :-)
H