Those two atomic bombs saved millions of Japanese lives that would have been spent (and a vast number of American soldiers) had the US been required to take the island a mile at a time. The Japs should thank us.
I remember when it was perfectly OK to call the Japs 'Japs.' Or 'Nips.' I've got a 1945 newspaper framed and hanging in my shop that sports a headline; "Yanks rout powerful Jap air attack off Okinawa."
The Japs should indeed thank us. But they never will.
Those two atomic bombs saved millions of Japanese lives that would have been spent (and a vast number of American soldiers) had the US been required to take the island a mile at a time. The Japs should thank us.
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Horrific stuff, LL. Then again, they started it and were happy about it.
DeleteMaybe they got off lightly.
I remember when it was perfectly OK to call the Japs 'Japs.' Or 'Nips.' I've got a 1945 newspaper framed and hanging in my shop that sports a headline; "Yanks rout powerful Jap air attack off Okinawa."
ReplyDeleteThe Japs should indeed thank us. But they never will.
Fredd, "Japs" wasn't even that long ago...
DeleteFunnily enough, as it happens, I'm currently eating Teppan -Yakki and playing OMD in the background. Huh.
ReplyDeleteTasty, Jules! Haven't heard OMD in a while. Blast from the past!
DeleteThe history of their brutality towards us should be repeatedly taught. Not so we hate but so we learn.
ReplyDeleteHistory is important to our future.
Brig, I couldn't agree more.
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