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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (26375)	4/21/2004 3:58:13 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

At no point before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the Japanese government prepared to surrender on the sole basis of the personal safety and nominal continuance of the emperor. Actually, the final Japanese surrender came before the Nagasaki bombing. <<< ... At 11 o'clock in the morning of August 9, Prime Minister Kintaro Suzuki addressed the Japanese Cabinet: "Under the present circumstances I have concluded that our only alternative is to accept the Potsdam Proclamation and terminate the war." Moments later, the second bomb fell on Nagasaki ... >>> Truman rushed to bomb Nagasaki before the Japanese government could assess Hiroshima. This reminds me of how Bush rushed to invade Iraq before the inspectors could complete their work. Tom