seeing as Tony has apoligised for slavery don't u think bush ought to say sorry for hiroshima terrorist acts

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and nagaskai as well? how many men women and children were incernerated? 150,000? ?

That peral harbour argument is pathetic.

and the saving of lives argument is as well, yes you saved many a life by killing hundreds of thousands, brilliant logic!

HEY, i don't think tony should apoligise for slavery, but i just want the usa to admit it was wrong for dropping nuclear bombs on major cities for gods sake!

IF THE USA ADMIN FELT THEY REALLY HAD TO USE THE BOMB THEY SHOULD HAVE USED IT ON A NON BUILT UP AREA OF JAPAN AS A DEMONSTRATION TO THE JAPS AND RUSSIANS OR ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION NOT A MAJOR CITY FOR HEAVENS SAKE. THIS WAS THE WISH OF THE MAJORITY OF SCIENTISTS WHO CREATED THE BOMB. I WONDER HOW HISTORY WILL REALLY VIEW THESE EVENTS 200 YEARS FROM NOW, IF INDEED THEY IS A PLANET LEFT AND HASN'T BEEN DESTROYED BY A NUCLEAR WAR!

nick c that still isn't a reason to destroy two major cities and kill hundreds of thousands of innocent men women and children, yes i've read up on the subject, japans war capabilities were zero at this point, their surrneder WAS irrelevant. I don't doubt the army was cruel but then why not take it out on the army? But yes i dispise the way the whole ww2 was fought with the british being as bad as germans in civilian causalities. But really did that many civilians/ people die in pearl harbor? Go please continue to try and justify dropping nuclear bombs on innocent people in cities over thosuands of miles away from the 'defending' country.

the bombs would've had the desired effect if dropped on japanese soil in a non civilian area, i understand the superior firepower point but killing mass populations no, it just cannot be justified so please shut up morons.

Answer 1

I have the feeling that the only apology that would truly set things right is a complete nuclear disarmament. I have been to the peace museum in Hiroshima. I suggest everyone visit and see the letters sent by the mayor every time a country conducts tests or proliferates nuclear arms. His passion is unwavering.

Edit: an interesting fact I learnt while at the museum is one of the main reasons the bomb was dropped was to test the effects on a civilian population. Also after the Hiroshima dropping Japan was completely ready to surrender the only problem was to who. Russia was poised to invade from the north. If they invaded they would have drafted the terms of surrender. So America dropped the second bomb and Japans surrender was to America. This allowed American bases in Okinawa and aided greatly in the atrocities of the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Answer 2

1. Bush won't ever apologize for anything. He is infallible, in his own head.

2. One could argue that the two A-bombs dropped on Japan actually saved lives. Granted, the lives lost were innocent civilians. But if the Pacific conflict had continued as it was, many more people would have died before it was all over. Research the battle for Iwo Jima and imagine having to do that for every little island in the Pacific.

****Extra note: I'm guessing you haven't really studied the real history of WWII very well, since you so easily dismiss valid points that are contrary to your pre-conceived views on this subject. If you understood what it was like for our country, you wouldn't be quite so critical of our leaders' decisions. Remember the feelings people in the US had right after 9/11? That's what it was like for the US back then. They would not surrender under any circumstances. You cannot deny that the death toll of a continued conflict would have been far greater for both sides than the death toll from the bombs. We were able to shock them into surrendering, effectively ending the war early. This doesn't ameleorate the negative effects that come with nuclear bombs. But you can't dismiss these arguements just because there are some negative aspects.

Answer 3

No, that would be stupid. Bush had nothing to do with slavery or the attacks on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and nobody should apologize for something they didn't do.

The Japanese started the Pacific war by illegally invading China & Southeast Asia, and finally by their ill-advised sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. We finished it by pointing out in no uncertain terms that we could and would pound them into radioactive custard if they didn't knock it off. And for what it's worth, Hiroshima & Nagasaki were military targets, not civilian targets. There were lots of civilians there, but there are almost always civilians in any city that's used as a military staging area.

If the Allies had invaded Japan, the casualties from that ground war would have easily been in the millions - on both sides. Like it or not 150,000 dead beats 10,000,000 dead any day. Now Japan is one of our strongest allies.

Did you ever pay attention in History class, or do you just parrot what you hear other nitwit liberals say? Grow up.

Answer 4

Hiroshima & Nagaskai were bad incidences but the alternative of millions of other Japanese and Collition forces would have been worse.
This bomb ended a war that could have gone on a long time and the death toll would have been incrediable.
You seem to be quite naive--we worldwide have expressed our sorrow that the WW II HAD to be cut short to save even more lives.

Yes Pearl Harbor was an attack decleration of war and action had to be taken or we would all be speaking Japanese.

Answer 5

The American people see the war crime act of bombing Hiroshima as a good act rather than an evil act. They have even put the plane used into a sort of shrine so school children could come and see the "positive" side to being American. There is nothing you can tell these Church going "Christians" about the barbarity of such an evil act that would make them see any reason.

They actually go from church to the plane shrine on Sundays. Brainwashed is not the word.

Answer 6

No. Bush shouldn't apologize. Even though you think that the pearl harbor argument is pathetic, it is the truth. Japan bombing Pearl Harbor caused the U.S. to enter the war. If Japan had not bombed us then wouldn't have bombed them. Besides how many of our people did they kill when they attacked Pearl Harbor?

Answer 7

Your an idiot, what are you 10? Have you ever even spoken to someone in that war? Have you ever spoken to someone who was in a Jap POW camp. Have you ever seen a picture of liberated Jap POW's, they look just the same as Jews liberated from Aushwitz. How about the 10's of thousands of allied troops that were killed, starved, in Jap POW camps. I haven't heard too many apologies for the total disregard of the Geneva convention. Do you think the Japs or the Nazi's would have hesitated for even a second to drop one of those bombs on London? How about the innocent civilians killed when Jap bombers let loose on pearl harbour? America wasn't even in the war!!! Watch the movie Bridge over the River Qui, the imagine it 100 times worse. How about the thousands of Chinese, and Indonesians, West Indians, and other Pacific Rim civilians that fell under Japanese swords, the old, infirm, and infants, young children, murdered because they couldn't work in the concentration camps, then dumped uncerimoniously in mass graves. Make no mistake, the Japanese Imperial Army was just as cruel and evil, with a total disregard for human life as the Nazi's.

Apologize.....shut up moron.
By the way, the bomber was called the Enola Gay.

Wow, you really don't know much do you? British as bad as the Germans for civilian casualties??????? Did the British kill 6 million Jews and 2.5 million other ethnic backrounds that didn't fit the Aryan profile, all civilians????? uhhhhh.......NO!! About 2500 people died in the Pearl Harbour attack. Why did they drop the bomb? Because they developed a weapon of awsome power that could decisively end the war. At this point the Japanese were already being pushed back, their naval fleet was basically nutralized at this point, they were losing islands, slowly, with many, many allied deaths fighting for every inch of ground, liberating Japanese occupied territory. But would they admit defeat? NO! That would be dishonourable. Instead they brainwashed and ordered their pilots to fly into American warships, to save honour. The next step would have been to invade Japan itself, resulting in hundreds of thousands of more dead on both sides. So, they drop an atomic bomb. Incedently, not nearly as powerful as todays smallest warheads. Hiroshima,a smaller Japanese city, is decimated. Do they surrender?? No, they flip the bird! So, two days later, they drop another one. Then it's over. There are also other things to consider, like the Soviets. Big problem if the Soviets get a foothold into Japan. The Japanese were fanatics, and would rather die than admit defeat. Would rather put their people in harms way in the name of honour, than say, you have bested us. You want justification, ask Chester William Nimitz, Teddy Roosevelt or Harry Truman. Oh yeah, they're dead, but I'm sure they would tell you that sending their men to there deaths for another 6 months or ending the war quickly with 140,000 enemy deaths. There was only one choice. Apologies, how about the trillions of dollars funneled into Japan, the thousands of Americans that went there to help rebuild, gave them new technology, business investment, and billions of dollars of imports. Japan would still be a struggling third world country with out the United States, no doubt under some communist regime, with nuclear weapons aimed at the UK and US, because the Soviets or China would have moved in to fill the power vaccuum after the US left. You have to take off your tunnel vision goggles son, and look at the big picture. It's because of that bomb and the people that died on those many shores, that you can post stupid questions like this. There is only one way to achieve lasting peace, and that's through superior firepower. No sane person will ever drop another nuclear bomb, because of the lessons learned when the first two were dropped, but we need to have them as a deterrent, because there is a nutbar fanatic born every minute.

Answer 8

The apology was weak as nobody who was affected is alive.
Bush was not around when they A-bombed Japan.
Should I apologize for the Jack The Ripper murders or the Battle of Waterloo?
It is only mad political correctness dogma that is bringing this nonsense apology up. The people apologising have no connection with the act.
Besides I don't recall America starting the war with Japan are amercians only supposed to defend themselves against Jap war planes with harsh words only?
Liberal nonsense move on. I am not apologising for the death of Ug the caveman who was killed having a rock plate fight with his missus.

Answer 9

No, he should not apologise. It was not an act of terrorism it was an act of war against cruel fanatics who would have gone on and on killing refusing to give up. Sadly, thousands of innocent people died on both sides.

Answer 10

Did he really apologise for slavery? oh my word, I missed that. Anyway, how can he apologise for it when everybody who it concerned is dead? That's a bit strange isn't it? I don't think the British were the only people to use slavery anyway, were they?