New Posts For Thread: Today is a Black Day in U.S. Historyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._HistoryToday is the Anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima.My pics from the dayphotobyted.smugmug.com/SOAW/August-6-Ann...And that was the rub. That would mean keeping the Imperial Government in place, including the Imperial War Cabinet that had authorized all the atrocities that made Japan so hated by the Allies. Again, such was completely unacceptable to the Allies.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522942563#522942563And that was the rub. That would mean keeping the Imperial Government in place, including the Imperial War Cabinet that had authorized all the atrocities that made Japan so hated by the Allies. Again, such was completely unacceptable to the Allies.Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:21:37 -0500I found this article which is interesting. I do think one has to be very careful about the quotes. I find people with an agenda very often take things out of context and add words with intentions which were never said nor felt.There is this line;&ldqhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522927929#522927929I found this article which is interesting. I do think one has to be very careful about the quotes. I find people with an agenda very often take things out of context and add words with intentions which were never said nor felt.There is this line;&ldqSun, 12 Aug 2012 13:59:09 -0500Instead, America was horrified when the Soviets detonated their own nuclear bomb in 1949. That was the beginnings of the A-bomb stockpiling, then the deveopment of the H-bomb, and the missile race.Of course we see no nuclear protests in Russia...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522926185#522926185Instead, America was horrified when the Soviets detonated their own nuclear bomb in 1949. That was the beginnings of the A-bomb stockpiling, then the deveopment of the H-bomb, and the missile race.Of course we see no nuclear protests in Russia...Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:07:45 -0500I think it'll take the human race about 500 years to recover from the insanity that we collectively fell into during the 20th century. And I'm not using "insantiy" as a figure of speech or hyperbole here; I mean real, clinical, measurable and observahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522918151#522918151I think it'll take the human race about 500 years to recover from the insanity that we collectively fell into during the 20th century. And I'm not using "insantiy" as a figure of speech or hyperbole here; I mean real, clinical, measurable and observaSun, 12 Aug 2012 08:55:05 -0500There is really no connection between the bombing of Japanese cities to end the war and America's nuclear programme today. But, although they are two separate issues, one led into the other. What people today should understand is that today's bombshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522904881#522904881There is really no connection between the bombing of Japanese cities to end the war and America's nuclear programme today. But, although they are two separate issues, one led into the other. What people today should understand is that today's bombsSat, 11 Aug 2012 19:38:15 -0500Look like a bunch of whiny losers to me. I have no patience for people like thathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522903553#522903553Look like a bunch of whiny losers to me. I have no patience for people like thatSat, 11 Aug 2012 18:24:15 -0500Thank you for the pictures and the references, Ted. I am glad to know that the nuclear-free movement is still alive and well in social darwinistic America!! That it's not just those weenie Japanese and Europeans who make sure we all remember and lhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522901973#522901973Thank you for the pictures and the references, Ted. I am glad to know that the nuclear-free movement is still alive and well in social darwinistic America!! That it's not just those weenie Japanese and Europeans who make sure we all remember and lSat, 11 Aug 2012 17:15:56 -0500On Friday we had an action at the White House which included 2 persons that were in the bombing of JapanThe rest of my pics from the day at link below for anyone that wants to check them outphotobyted.smugmug.com/SOAW/1a/24661882_...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522901667#522901667On Friday we had an action at the White House which included 2 persons that were in the bombing of JapanThe rest of my pics from the day at link below for anyone that wants to check them outphotobyted.smugmug.com/SOAW/1a/24661882_...Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:05:10 -0500In fact, the Japanese had their OWN bomb project.Fortunately, their project didn't get very far.They were more successful with their chemical and biological WMD. Unit 731 used Chinese prisoners - men, women, children - as test subjects, and actuallyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522872615#522872615In fact, the Japanese had their OWN bomb project.Fortunately, their project didn't get very far.They were more successful with their chemical and biological WMD. Unit 731 used Chinese prisoners - men, women, children - as test subjects, and actuallyFri, 10 Aug 2012 19:26:06 -0500+1Anyone thinking they should of accepted less is just not facing reality and are thinking with their modern brains.Still...I wonder what Japan would have done had THEY developed the bomb.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29286769/Today_is_a_Black_Day_in_U.S._History?post_id=522871101#522871101+1Anyone thinking they should of accepted less is just not facing reality and are thinking with their modern brains.Still...I wonder what Japan would have done had THEY developed the bomb.Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:31:24 -0500