On Thursday 13 September 2001 17:55, you wrote:
> Glenn Williams wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 September 2001 14:48, you wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Later, we dropped atom bombs on Japan.
> >
> > > After the atom bombing, the only sentiment expressed by Americans
^^^^
> > > was joy that the war was over.
> >
> > If you were alive during this time, you sure as hell were NOT
> > paying attention.
> >
> > With indignation,
> >
> > Glenn
>
[snip]
...Skippy replied:
> I was alive then and aged 12, and like everyone else on the allied
> side we were just estatic that it was finally over, boy were we
> paying attention.
I don't want to belabor this, but I also prefer not to be
misunderstood. What I am trying to convey here, is that as a nation,
we were deleriously happy the war finally ended.
But that was not the only sentiment expressed by Americans. There was
also a national feeling of sadness and despair that the lives of
thousands of non-combatants were obliterated so quickly and summarily
that in these times the event could be likened to pressing the delete
key on a computer keyboard.
I was 14 when General MacArthur accepted the surrender of the Japanese.
I don't believe we owe the world an apology for using "the bomb," but
the memory of those times saddens me (and millions of other Americans)
deeply.
Glenn
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