Re Then with our left hand we whipped the Japs at the same time. (Pogo)

In the course of WWII, the Japanese suffered 1,300,000 military casualties plus almost 700,000 civilian casualties. In Hiroshima (pop 255,000) 80,000 were killed instantly when the bombs fell on August 6, 1945. Approx the same number died in Nagasaki.

Here's a few intimate details about how those "Japs" were "whipped".

The atomic bomb was considered a "quick" and even economical way to win the war; however, it was a cruel and unusual form of punishment for the Japanese citizens.

The weapon that we refer to as "quick" was just the opposite.
On one hand, it meant a quick end to the war for the United States, and on the other hand, a slow and painful death to many innocent Japanese. According to a book called Hiroshima Plus 20 the effects of radiation poisoning are horrific, ranging from purple spots on the skin, hair loss, nausea, vomiting, bleeding from the mouth, gums, and throat, weakened immune systems, to massive internal hemorrhaging, not to mention the disfiguring radiation burns.

The effects of the radiation poisoning continued to show up until about a month after the bombing. In fact the bomb also killed or permanently damaged fetuses in the womb. Death and destruction are always a reality of war; however, a quick death is always more humanitarian.

When this powerful nation called the United States dropped the bomb, we sent out the official "go ahead" for the rest of the world that nuclear weapons were a viable means of warfare. We unofficially announced that it was O.K. to bomb women, children, and elderly citizens...


What a giant leap forward for mankind! And we can thank those trusty Americans for showing us the way. Think I'm gonna write home to Mama about it right now   ;-)

daylia