Nobody Daily – 5/29/08

POST-MEMORIAL DAY THOUGHTS

Question - What did you give up for your country during the war with Iraq?

Answers -

Young man – I gave up my life.
Young woman – I gave up my life.
President Bush – I gave up my golf game.

Random thoughts on dropping atomic bombs on Japan

Question - Why did we use the A-bomb while, at the same time, choosing not to use chemical or biological weapons?

Answer – Our enemies did not have the Bomb, so they could not retaliate. They did have chemical or biological weapons and could have used them on us.

Question – Was Japan a stand-in for the Soviet Union? In other words, did we A-bomb Japan as a warning to the Soviet Union that they should not be too aggressive after the war ended?

Answer: Almost certainly, this was a factor. Was it the main reason? Possibly.

Question – Was it a shameful reason?

Answer – Yes.

Question – Was using the Bomb preferable to invading Japan and all the casualties that would have meant?

Answer – Almost every expert says yes.

Question – Would an invasion have been necessary to win the war?

Answer – Most experts say no.

Question – Had we offered Japan the same surrender terms that we later agreed to, would the war have ended with out dropping the Bomb?

Answer – In all probability, yes.