tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post6457181015480950763..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Destigmatized: The Bomb!Najhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-23281931062596371372007-08-09T00:18:00.000+01:002007-08-09T00:18:00.000+01:00divajood, I like that "UNLESS" in your comment.But...divajood, <BR/><BR/>I like that "UNLESS" in your comment.<BR/><BR/>But do you think that it is because of that UNLESS that the whole world now wants to use it as a deterrent!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-12200520547595706012007-08-09T00:07:00.000+01:002007-08-09T00:07:00.000+01:00Naj, I am one of many American Citizens who is ash...Naj, I am one of many American Citizens who is ashamed of our use of Nuclear Weapons UNLESS it means that they will NEVER be used again.<BR/><BR/>One of my work collegues is Japanese-American. Some of her relatives were interred during WWII - US Citizens, of Japanese descent, but rounded up and imprisoned because of their ancestry. <BR/><BR/>The tragedy is that we appear to be doomed to repeat DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-55890843631682553242007-08-06T16:45:00.000+01:002007-08-06T16:45:00.000+01:00servant:For the reasons of state security and cohe...servant:<BR/><BR/>For the reasons of state security and cohesion Iran must develop nuclear weapons.<BR/><BR/>In that sense, they are good.<BR/><BR/>pen NameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-3416377405632072072007-08-06T13:47:00.000+01:002007-08-06T13:47:00.000+01:00servant:"we have a lot of faults but we are not th...servant:<BR/><BR/>"we have a lot of faults but we are not the only one"<BR/><BR/>I cannot agree more. And that is what I am saying. But if USA claims the leadership/fatherhood of the world, it should realize it has less room for error!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-50565451600309913632007-08-06T13:34:00.000+01:002007-08-06T13:34:00.000+01:00Sorry - I must have thought consensus pertained to...Sorry - I must have thought consensus pertained to this discussion, which was quite thoughtful and informative. <BR/><BR/>I just get sick of people throwing monkey shit at the United States. We got a lot of faults but we're not the only ones.Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951093853997974742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-52182433484059775752007-08-06T05:54:00.000+01:002007-08-06T05:54:00.000+01:00Servant,I don't believe my PS was referring to any...Servant,<BR/><BR/>I don't believe my PS was referring to any one individual's comment. My PS was exactly talking about the revisionist historicism.<BR/><BR/>You are welcome to comment here; but don't congratulate yourself as the corrector of "distorted" reality in Iran!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-73640000272400992282007-08-06T05:34:00.000+01:002007-08-06T05:34:00.000+01:00Wow, just the title for this post brought me back ...Wow, just the title for this post brought me back to reading this book: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/News-Zero-York-Times-Bomb/dp/1567512828" REL="nofollow">News Zero: The New York Times and the Bomb </A> (Paperback)<BR/>by Beverly Deepe Keever (Author)nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5399792323047998102007-08-06T03:41:00.000+01:002007-08-06T03:41:00.000+01:00? What ? Naj wrote in PS: "There seem to exist a c...? What ? <BR/><BR/>Naj wrote in PS: "There seem to exist a consensus that the A-bomb is not a BAD thing and it can be beneficial; and that America's doing the world a great favor by developing and using its weapons! ...." <BR/><BR/>This is a serious mis-characterization of most of the considered replies that looked at your topic in the context of history and technology in depth. <BR/><BR/>Pen Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951093853997974742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-12400936507230830242007-08-05T19:11:00.000+01:002007-08-05T19:11:00.000+01:00Pen,QED.Pen,<BR/><BR/>QED.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-55170874020987613482007-08-05T19:10:00.000+01:002007-08-05T19:10:00.000+01:00allBlog,your link was truncated. I repost it. Wash...allBlog,<BR/><BR/>your <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080500609.html" REL="nofollow">link</A> was truncated. I repost it.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080500609.html" REL="nofollow"> Washington Post: Atomic bomb survivors speak out.</A><BR/><BR/>Thanks.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37497012472238214902007-08-05T19:01:00.000+01:002007-08-05T19:01:00.000+01:00naj:"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Pl...naj:<BR/><BR/>"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato.<BR/><BR/>I stand on firm empirical grounds, your's is a pipe-dream.<BR/><BR/>The figure of 15,000 that I have mentioned was not based on US using nuclear weapons in Iran.<BR/><BR/>US attacking Iran with nuclear weapons with be tantamount to the dissolution of the current global political structure and the end of the world as we knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-4865098840503123142007-08-05T18:46:00.000+01:002007-08-05T18:46:00.000+01:00Pen,I think you and I differ very fundamentally in...Pen,<BR/><BR/>I think you and I differ very fundamentally in our attitude towards war a violence:<BR/><BR/>You consider it an inevitable second nature of man, and you don't even mind mongering godly holy wars!<BR/><BR/>I consider it EVIL, at all cost, UNLESS forced upon one, in self-defense.<BR/><BR/>Your partisan allegations are figments of your imagination and thus I shall not respond.<BR/><BR/Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64640250718224577812007-08-05T18:45:00.000+01:002007-08-05T18:45:00.000+01:00http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080500609.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-46792668769018224832007-08-05T18:11:00.000+01:002007-08-05T18:11:00.000+01:00naj:It is unbecoming of you to make such statement...naj:<BR/><BR/>It is unbecoming of you to make such statements regarding WWII; especially in regards to the US-Japan War. We had no dog in that war and it is best for you and other Iranians to make such partisan comments about that war.<BR/><BR/>Here are my own opinions:<BR/><BR/>The United States was justified in using nuclear weapons against Japan in order to shorten the war. While the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-77185185818726238942007-08-04T21:39:00.000+01:002007-08-04T21:39:00.000+01:00Oh, and as for hillary clinton:After 9/11 I predic...Oh, and as for hillary clinton:<BR/><BR/>After 9/11 I predicted that if she ever became President, as was clearly in the works, she would use nuclear weapons. I don't have data to back that statement up. Just my instincts, and the fact that she will be forced to compensate for being a woman.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-44530386288887974712007-08-04T21:35:00.000+01:002007-08-04T21:35:00.000+01:00Hi Naj,Shame, yes. Some of us do. For the record: ...Hi Naj,<BR/><BR/>Shame, yes. Some of us do. For the record: H. Truman was brow-beaten into using the bomb in Japan by his generals, as a demonstration against Stalin. The decision betrayed a lack of confidence in democracy, and knowing so many horrors, our leaders had become inured to them at just the time they were given the power to crush cities with one blow. <BR/><BR/>I have been a guest in MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-15902447696509822222007-08-04T19:16:00.000+01:002007-08-04T19:16:00.000+01:00Hey there, easy now, there were more good German-A...Hey there, easy now, there were more good German-Americans than bad in that link.nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-53013645923270448552007-08-04T16:16:00.000+01:002007-08-04T16:16:00.000+01:00David wroteSome people believe that nuking Japan, ...David wrote<BR/><BR/>Some people believe that nuking Japan, and forcing them to surrender quickly, saved millions of lives, both Allied and Japanese ...<BR/><BR/>Just to make the record clear, David's comments had not been posted when I was writing my thoughts. I would have acknowledged many of the good points that he made. I am not one of those who believe that the U.S. atomic bomb saved Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951093853997974742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64303125122623289112007-08-04T12:35:00.000+01:002007-08-04T12:35:00.000+01:00Thank you dear all for your comments; keep'em comi...Thank you dear all for your comments; keep'em coming!<BR/><BR/>My rhetorical question indeed seeks such comments.<BR/><BR/>Just one note to those who think nuking japan saved millions of lives: of course I think you have heard that even Eisenhower was not too thrilled about the actual "necessity" of nuking Japan; given that Germany was already broken, thanks to the Russians, of course ... and Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-49293294434683897502007-08-04T10:30:00.000+01:002007-08-04T10:30:00.000+01:00And I dare say there are a lot of Iranian 'exiles'...And I dare say there are a lot of Iranian 'exiles' in the US, that would like the US to overthrow the current regime and put them in power - just like they did with Iraq. Replacing the anti-US regime with a pro-US regime composed of returning Iraqi exiles.QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-55622550119903635562007-08-04T09:06:00.000+01:002007-08-04T09:06:00.000+01:00Has any American ever been ashamed? Excellent ques...Has any American ever been ashamed? <BR/><BR/>Excellent question. <BR/><BR/>First, why should we Americans be shamed? Why would it ever occur to any American to be ashamed if you don't point the finger well? And who could shame us? We are much to arrogant to listen to mothers peddling flimsy guilt. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying we shouldn't be shamed, but I'm not shamed by people casting aspersions Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951093853997974742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-11930816589335374022007-08-04T07:47:00.000+01:002007-08-04T07:47:00.000+01:00Some people believe that nuking Japan, and forcing...Some people believe that nuking Japan, and forcing them to surrender quickly, saved millions of lives, both Allied and Japanese, that would have been lost if a full scale invasion of Japan had been necessary to end the war. I think there may be some truth to that assertion. Japanese soldiers fought almost to the last man in island battles like Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Only a handful were taken alive Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-89224195714650065012007-08-04T05:47:00.000+01:002007-08-04T05:47:00.000+01:00I have added you to my blogroll....because you hav...I have added you to my blogroll....because you have a beautiful thoughtful blog....keep up the fine work..enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-47951832009352823742007-08-04T05:40:00.000+01:002007-08-04T05:40:00.000+01:00I am very ashamed...and sad....always...that this ...I am very ashamed...and sad....always...that this ever ever happened....it should not have...<BR/><BR/>and sadly lessons were not learned....and Some feel no shame...<BR/><BR/>and now we are in Iraq....and More shame...enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-53381705153027870642007-08-04T03:41:00.000+01:002007-08-04T03:41:00.000+01:00naj...How very true this post is. They used some ...naj...<BR/>How very true this post is. They used some of those camps after Katrina.<BR/><BR/>They put NOLA citizens on planes and wouldn't tell them where they were being taken until the plane was in the air.<BR/><BR/>They also had the Oklahoma National Guard along with Blackwater confiscate legally owned weapons from NOLA citizens in areas that didn't suffer the flooding as the 9th ward did in Anon-Paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689838429335195289noreply@blogger.com