it was bad failure to start that war. A very bad failure. We can´t turn time back. I wish i could but i can´t.
But even when we started the war, you shouldn´t take away our humanity.
I told it before, so many were burned into ash in a seconds. They are just away.
Okay, so I think your using the term "bad failure" to convey, a bad mistake. When we use the term "failure", it is to describe....a result that didn't go the way we intended. So when you say "bad failure" in might not being precieved as you saying it was something we shouldn't have done.
AkiraYamato, it was not America's intent to take away the humanity of the Japanese that died. Remember, that Eastern and Western way of thinking is different....we have different religions and cultural aspects, that act as a lens on how we view things. The intent was to stop the war as soon as possible....that was the intent, not to make Japan feel like their humanity had been taken away. In fact, when we view it from our prospective it was a protective measure to end the suffering that the war was causing....in a quick manner. Especially when we compare an instant death, to one of prolong suffering that most of the innocent citizens in other Asian countries suffered at the hands of the Japanese. So in our view, our actions would be more merciful, because it brought about the end of the war.....than those that Japan had been committing against other Asians.
BTW, I am curious....would you have considered it a bad mistake, if America never bombed...and Japan won the war?
My family lost many too. Not in Hiroshima, but in the war on sea and in Okinawa. There are pictures. My grandmother lost 6 brothers and her father. It is hard to live with that.
Well that is one of the consquences of war, is that people on bothsides die....and Japan very well knew that there would be the lost of the lives of their men, when they started the war. So your pain should be directed at your governments actions.....not an another country that was defending it's self, against the unwarranted aggressions of yours. It's called self defense. One of the main reasons I even posted in this thread, was to point out that you are focusing all of your pain, toward a people that were defending themselves...your country's decisions put your family in the situation were beloved members would be lose. The unpleasant consquences of the bombings, are a direct result from the unwarranted aggression of Japan.
Japan's decision to declare war on America.....without warning I might add...put us in the postion of having to defend ourselves, which would result in the lose of the lives of our loved ones.
Another thing to consider, is America was fighting a two front war...there was also a war effort in Europe against Hitler. This was a major drain on resources for a country that was coming out of a major economic depression. We were at the point, were we wouldn't have the resources to successfullly win either war, if we continued fighting in a conventional manner of war.
Some very bad things happened on both sides and i don´t know how to explain that well, but listen:
Yes we started it and maybe we are responsible for that events our own, but when you lose somebody, you can´t care about responsibility. You are very very sad then and need help to go through that.
Yes, and we are also sad.....when our people are forced into a postion of having to offer their lives up as a sacriface to defend us against outside aggression. Don't you think the families of Americans grieved when their sons were killed? Can't you see, that the chance to end the killing of their sons, would take priority over preserving the life of an ememy...who's actions caused the death of their sons?
I can't think of any American that doesn't think the lose of innocent life during the bombings wasn't tragic....and that does make us sad. BUT, we realize that our actions were in an effort to preserve the lives of our sons and daughters(nurses
), and the perservation of our nation.
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