TIME: Hiroshima Marks the 74th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing
Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan’s government do more.
Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised concerns in his peace address Tuesday about the rise of self-centered politics in the world and urged leaders to steadily work toward achieving a world without atomic weapons.
“Around the world today, we see self-centered nationalism in ascendance, tensions heightened by international exclusivity and rivalry, with nuclear disarmament at a standstill,” Matsui said in his peace declaration.
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2 comments:
Reading the comments of the pilots I couldn't help but think they are lunatics. And the way they cheerfully waved before such a mission. Psychopathic
Read this after you read their statements. ..Like wtf
https://www.historyonthenet.com/reasons-against-dropping-the-atomic-bomb
Anon,
I think you are either ignorant or a psychopath. Have you heard of gallows humor?
If you are in war for the duration and your unit and units like yours are taking double digit casualties, you are going to crack jokes, try to buck yourself up and everything else.
The Japanese had an option. They could have surrendered. There are two reasons given for not surrendering. One they thought we were so angry that we would not let them. The other was they were trying to get better terms.
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