[Vision2020] Tony Simpsom Shills for Terrorists Yet Again!

[Saundra Lund]

Hi Again Matt & Andreas,

I appreciate the discussion . . . and I think you two have done a good job
of illustrating why the US decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan is still
hotly -- and validly -- debated.  I certainly wasn't alive back then, and
I'm no historian, but I have read quite a bit about it because I think our
use of atomic bombs against noncombatants was flatly immoral and unethical,
just as I think the attacks on the World Trade Center were.

Not surprisingly, I think Andreas' assessment of a broken Japan at the time
of the bombings is more accurate.

I would like to think, Matt, that those responsible for making the decisions
had only sound reasons for their decision in spite of the fact that I
disagree with the decision.  However, for me, several significant facts
weigh against that conclusion.  I'll mention only two of them.

First of all, my reading of history convinces me we had this new toy we were
just *itching* to use.  The competition, the expectations, the message to be
sent to the rest of the world . . . all of that simply cannot be forgotten
or overlooked, IMHO, in the analysis of the US decision to use nuclear
weapons against noncombatants.

Second, I think it incredibly . . . naïve to not look at the *all* the
socio-political factors in play at the time.  Anti-Japanese sentiment was
rampant in the US -- don't forget we had already allowed the rights and
lives of tens of thousands of (Japanese) citizens to trampled due to simple
racism of the kind we unfortunately witnessed from Tony Simpson over the
weekend.

After all, it's a lot easier to rationalize the unleashing of nuclear h*ll
on innocent men, women, and children when you believe they're just a little
less than human, and the timing of having an easily visually identifiable
enemy at the time that we had a new "toy" the boys wanted to play with was
incredibly convenient.


JMHO,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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