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To: Grainne who wrote (107447)	8/15/2005 10:22:48 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) of 108807

Think about what you wrote here........................... It it impossible for you to entertain the possibility that your understanding of what went on behind the scenes in terms of motivations re dropping these bombs might be inaccurate, and that the reality is much more complex (and less flattering to Truman) than what was perceived at the time? Human "motives" are among the most subjective topics one could conceive of. Even the actor is never wholly cognizant of his motives which are buried deep in the id and the psyche. Do you really believe "motives" can be the subject of scientific inquiry? That they can better understood 60 years after the fact than at the time of the act? Revisionists are hopelessly compromised in their retrospective search for "motives" because of the knowledge they have acquired that was not available to the actors at the time. No westerner in 1945 could accurately assess the state of affairs in Japan. We could only take Japan at its word that it would fight to the death, sacrifice its entire population, and take as many westerners with it as possible. Japan had demonstrated its death wish time and again throughout the island campaigns prior to Hiroshima. Those old enough to have "been there" are in a much better position to speculate on "motives" than the latecomers who have only read about it. BTW, the author of your posted article is a member of Greenpeace and a participant in the disarmament movement. Do you seriously believe that he came to his opinion of events in 1945 in a detached, objective, scientific manner? What do you think HIS motives are? What are YOUR motives is seeking out only articles that disparage your country? If you are sincerely interested in "the truth" (so far as it can be divined), I would recommend for your reading list David McCullough's superb biography of Truman, as well as "The Last Great Victory -- The End of World War II," by distinguished professor Stanley Weintraub.

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