<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OPPs I ment to say that you MUST base your
judgement on the news of the 1940's...not the rewrites of today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PK</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pkraut@moscow.com href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">Pat Kraut</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 08, 2005 1:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] RE: Answering
Phil: Bishop: Bombing Hiroshima,Nagasaki Same As Ter...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is all very easy for you sitting here in the
USA at a time when we are not expecting anyone to drop bombs on us daily.
Neither are we reading daily of our men and women dying ALL over the world for
many years. You cannot base your judgment on this time in history on reading
the newspapers and magazines of the time. Every family was touched by the
death and destruction daily for years as was Wilson. The horror of his
position and trying to get it to an end that brought less to us and more to
them must have weighted heavily...everyday for years. It is grossly
unreasonable to try and go back and second guess Wilson or anyone else at this
point. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My opinion is that if you don't like the way a
war might end...don't start one. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PK</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 08, 2005 9:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] RE: Answering
Phil: Bishop: Bombing Hiroshima,Nagasaki Same As Ter...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>
<P>Phil,</P>
<P>My father's family were refugees in Burma during WWII. They were
bombed daily, first by the Japanese and then by the Allies, for four
years. The occupation of Burma does not compare to what the Chinese
experienced, and Indians were treated fairly well compared to the
Chinese. Nevertheless, it was a harsh and terrible time for them.</P>
<P>Having experienced all that, my dad still opposes dropping the bombs on
Japan. Unless you believe in collective punishment, it's difficult to
pin the blame for atrocities on civilians and say. </P>
<P>As far as Donovan's arguments are concerned, even if I take them at
face value and accept dropping the first bomb, I cannot accept dropping the
second one so fast. I do think we could have waited longer to see if
they were going to surrender. </P>
<P>Sunil Ramalingam<BR></P>
<P> </P><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.
<BR>
http://www.fsr.net
<BR>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.
<BR>
http://www.fsr.net
<BR>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>