Comments on: Remembering Paul Tibbets

Schieffer: The Pilot Who Dropped The Bomb On Hiroshima Means Something

[big_family1]

My grandfather was a Marine with the 2-3-1 in WW2 at the young age of 18. He fought from one end of Okinawa to the other, and then served in China for many months after leaving Okinawa. This man witnessed firsthand the absolute worst horrors committed upon one human being by another. My grandfather spent many years in the military and in the civil service, because he knew that we must never allow ourselves to compromise our freedom. He lived life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the fullest by living to watch his great-grandchildren grow up in a country he kept free. Too many of us to not understand the sacrifices of this passing generation, nor do we fully appreciate the freedoms we have. Many do not understand what "duty to God and country" mean. The phrase, "Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them," holds true. I listened well to what my grandfather spoke of about war and freedom, but to whom have you listened to?

[imnho]

The atomic bomb was not ready prior to july 1945. Germany and Italy had already surrendered. If the bomb had be ready a few months earlier berlin would have been a targent under serious consideration.

Kyoto was deleted from the target list because it had little value as a target. It had a lot of cultural value. Nagasaki was home of the Japanese Fifth army. That is the army that our forces would face if the invasion went ahead. Hiroshima was a secondary target. The orginal objective was a munitions factory at Kokura. The wheather over kokura was too bad that day. Hiroshima was home to a lot of what the japanese needed to continue the war.

[middleman8]

I remember this well. Pres. Truman and the us gov. wanted to scare Russia and the rest of the world. The Japanese were begging to surrender, but Truman wouldn''t allow it. They wanted to prove the a bomb. I knew people in all theaters and some who were only miles away when the bomb was dropped.

[enriquecaliente]

"The war was already over in negotiations which is well documented. The Japanese were already giving up 4 months prior!" Posted by Spectrum108 at 05:52 PM : Nov 05, 2007

Oh really. The Battle of Okinawa, fought from late March through June 1945. The bomb was dropped August 1945. Don''t look like a 4 month gap to me.

"Prior to the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, elements existed within the Japanese government that were trying to find a way to end the war. In June and July 1945, Japan attempted to enlist the help of the Soviet Union to serve as an intermediary in negotiations. No direct communication occurred with the United States about peace talks.
Many within the Japanese government were extremely reluctant to discuss any concessions, which would mean that a "negotiated peace" to them would only amount to little more than a truce where the Allies agreed to stop attacking Japan. After twelve years of Japanese military aggression against China and over three and one-half years of war with the United States (begun with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor), American leaders were reluctant to accept anything less than a complete Japanese surrender."

WAKE UP PLEASE.

[wooleywews]

To strike fear into the hearts of stupid people! Especially, as they grow nearer the NWO. Ever hear of Shock ''''n Awe? Well, the Iraq invasion campaign was called that for good reason, but here are some definitions of Shockenaw:
1. To attack one with ease and at a great advantage
2. To deliver the pain with ease and no loss
3. To go on a drunken rampage of one man mass destruction.

The NWO has been attempted several times before, such as WWII. It''''s on the move now once again, and no one can check them to date. Perhaps this time they will succeed or blow us all off the planet.

If you still look under your bed, the booggie man is not real.
The boggie man

[susanhelit]

No one is asking the question, because it''s a pretty obvious nut asking it.

How silly do you get? Yeah, revenge for Hirosima was taken by giving everyone involved in the war a good long life in a nice boom time with incredible progress, particularly in the medical arts that keep them alive and feeling good far longer than their fathers, and waiting until after they are dead to have some slight troubles hit - and that''s what someone thinks is Karma (someone doesn''t have a clue what the word means).

The Mason thing is a dead giveaway for a typical conspiracy nut. No reason to talk to them, because you (and everyone else in the world) either agree with every nutty thing they say; or you are a poor naive thing to believe your lying eyes; or you are part of the conspiracy. They''re pretty boring - lots of heat, but no light.

[wooleywews]

Ok, I will ask the question no one else is asking. What do Masonic leaders have to do with bombing Japan and why would they want to?

[susanhelit]

Blair1958 - how racist can you be??? Are you only concerned with American civilian casualties? Are Chinese less than human to you, that you so easily dismiss their deaths? And Europeans too?

You know nothing of history if you don''t know of the enourmous numbers of Chinese women and children slaughtered. I guess they don''t register with you?

[bm6005]

Why was Japan chosen and not Germany. Could it be Asians were not ascribe the same measure of humanity as Europeans?

Posted by blair1958

You''re a drama queen right? Dropping the bomb on Japan instead of Germany was predicated more by the fact that Japan is a large Island where the fallout (over the ocean) was far less hazardous than it would have been if it were dropped on Germany and spread all over populated areas of Europe. Also, the bomb was not ready prior to Germany''s surrender and there were only three available prior to the desert testing. If you feel bad about what we did talk to a survivor of the Bataan death march or the Chinese from Nanking.

How many innocent Americans died during WW2. Did we lose hundreds of thousands women and children to attacks? I think not.

Why was Japan chosen and not Germany. Could it be Asians were not ascribe the same measure of humanity as Europeans?

The decision to drop an atomic bomb on civilian non military populations is by far the egregious act of violence ever inflected on other human beings. You would think Tibbets would had later reflected on what he was ordered to do and at least show a bit of remorse of all the lives that were lost in such a horrific manner, but the man obviously possessed no conscience to the day he died. American hero...I think not. Ask the Japanese, and I''m sure the word terrorist would come to mind and I would have to agreed. I

f there''s a heaven or hell, it''s clear to me that Mr Tibbets is presently not in the company of angels.