Friday, August 12, 2005
Our Newest Op Ed
Hiroshima anniversary drives peaceniks postal
- By Michael M. Bates
Last week marked 60 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Protests were held around the world with some of them condemning America for what happened in Japan in 1945, for what is happening in Iraq in 2005, and for everything in between.
Actor Martin Sheen, who is what passes for a conscience in Make Believe Land, was taken into custody at a no-nukes demonstration in Nevada. Unfortunately, authorities turned him loose.
A letter printed in the Chicago Tribune asserted: "No civilized nation could do what the U.S. did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Most Americans still lack the morals to determine that such a hideous deed was a massive crime against humanity."
The writer was at least partially correct: a majority of Americans think using the bomb on Hiroshima was the right thing to do. A recent Gallup poll didn't match the 85 percent approval reflected in a 1945 opinion survey, but it still showed solid support among the public...................
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- By Michael M. Bates
Last week marked 60 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Protests were held around the world with some of them condemning America for what happened in Japan in 1945, for what is happening in Iraq in 2005, and for everything in between.
Actor Martin Sheen, who is what passes for a conscience in Make Believe Land, was taken into custody at a no-nukes demonstration in Nevada. Unfortunately, authorities turned him loose.
A letter printed in the Chicago Tribune asserted: "No civilized nation could do what the U.S. did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Most Americans still lack the morals to determine that such a hideous deed was a massive crime against humanity."
The writer was at least partially correct: a majority of Americans think using the bomb on Hiroshima was the right thing to do. A recent Gallup poll didn't match the 85 percent approval reflected in a 1945 opinion survey, but it still showed solid support among the public...................
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 8/12/2005 02:00:00 AM 
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