Today (9 August) we should remember the people of Nagasaki and their Nuclear legacy
The horror of total #war is unimaginable but the decision to drop the 2nd Atomic bomb ( Fat Man) over a populated area like Nagasaki is hard to imagine. The decision makers in the White House war room knew the devastation that was caused by the"Fat Man" bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th , 1945.
To repeat this knowing the total devastation and the massive civilian casualties that would be caused defies belief; they had demonstrated the A Bombs power, all you can say is it was an indefensible Live fire experiment to see the effects of the different type bomb.
Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right) Image Credit Wikipedia
This anniversary has much more meaning to me today as I am hosting a young Japanese exchange student with my family, who lives only a short distance across the bay from Nagasaki. He told me that his Grand mother was born in Hiroshima.
I pray that we never see the horror of a nuclear bomb used in anger again.
very true, It's always good to remember that nothing GOOD ever comes of state sponsored violence.
WE ALL SHOULD PRAY! 😇👼👏
My hope is that humans can grow past the need to use violence to coerce others to submit to their wants or desires. It frustrates me endlessly that violence is the path we seem to always take.
Are you going teach the boy of the atrocity his ancestors committed during WW2? I believe forgiveness but only when the nation learn of it history without any white-washing.
Insane to think that the use of these weapons are indefensible considering the further bloodshed this has already prevented in the mainland Asia.
Please tell me you have heard of Unit 731.
No one denies the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Forces in WW2. I understand the rational behind the use of the bombs to end the war earlier and Save lives. I struggle with the reason to drop the 2nd bomb over major city knowing what "Fat Man" had done in Hiroshima.