MY SAY: TOMORROW IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan. The uranium 235 gun-type bomb, named Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m.
If you harbor regrets (I don’t) please read :
The Japanese were guilty of unspeakable crimes, driven by a consuming faith that they were superior and destined for conquest and glory.
Only a resounding victory with a humiliating surrender ended the war.
Also read:LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay by Warren Kozak….as a reviewer says very cogently:
“The LeMay Doctrine is directly opposed to the “proportional response” methods endorsed by such men as Robert McNamara, who believed that the US should temper its responses to match those of its enemies and not bring its overwhelming firepower to bear on the enemy. This McNamara view appears to be the view of each Administration since the end of the Korean War – and does not appear to have worked very well.”
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