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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (42052)	1/7/2002 7:55:58 PM
From: Tom C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Dear Jewel Decisions made on our behalf that include bringing death to others...even one other person...should be weighed under the humblest of regret, not under confetti. I agree with that sentiment but I’ve never had any qualms about the dropping of the first Atom bomb on Hiroshima. Maybe one city decimated would’ve been enough but I think they were given an option to stop the next one from happening. I’ve no qualms because my father was stationed on a Navy troop transport ship on the way to Japan at the time. I know he believes there was a significant possibility that he would not be with us today if the Japanese had not been forced to surrender by those bombings. He’s here today, and so am I. When I was younger I remember seeing black and white photographs of the Kamikaze plane that hit his ship but failed to blowup. Again, today we know what a suicide (Kamikaze) bomber in a plane can do. Japan waged a terror war against the invasion fleet that was building up off their shores. How do you fight an enemy that is willing to blow himself up in order to take a few of you out.. A nation perceived to be fanatical in the defense of their homeland. I don’t fault the decision to use the A-bomb, it probably saved lives on both sides. Tom