64 years ago today was the beginning of the end of the Second World War. Many of us (including many Japanese) are probably here today because America dropped that bomb and the one after it.
If you want to understand why, two books I recommend are Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
Today, it's a Rorschach test.
"Syme: It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. You wouldn't have seen the [Newspeak] Dictionary 10th edition, would you Smith? It's that thick. [illustrates thickness with fingers] The 11th Edition will be that [narrows fingers] thick. Winston Smith: So, The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect? Syme: The secret is to move from translation, to direct thought, to automatic response. No need for self-discipline. Language coming from here [the larynx], not from here
[the brain]" -1984 (film) |
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Sol - sorry, I don't know how to embed a URL. Bill Whittle (Eject Eject Eject and an incredible writer) had this response to Jon Stewart a month or two ago after he called Truman a war criminal.
It lays out for those who think we should not have dropped the bombs, what we were truly facing. It was an incredible slap at Stewart who apologized a day or two after his broadcast.
I don't know if Stewart ever saw this but it sure clears things up:
http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_with_Bill_Whittle/Jon_Stewart%2C_War_Criminals_%26_The_True_Story_of_the_Atomic_Bombs/1808/
That's fine, it works.
Yeah, I remember that. Great!
Sol, I want to point you to a GREAT interview of Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton on NPR's The Takeaway.
John Bolton on Negotiating with Terrorists
By John Hockenberry, Amy Holmes
Guest: Ambassador John Bolton
Thursday, August 6 2009
http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/aug/06/john-bolton-knows-how-solve-problem-north-korea/
Note host Hockenberrys comparison of two female journalists accidentally crossing a narrow stream into NK to terrorists entering the Pentagon.
The majority of the comments to the interview are MINDBLOWING too.
This reinforces my decision to NEVER, EVER, contribute a single penny to NPR.
Wow. Hockenberry is unbelievable.