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Thread #39017   Message #551966
Posted By: Troll
16-Sep-01 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: AMERICAN ATTACKS=PART EIGHT.more still
Subject: RE: AMERICAN ATTACKS=PART EIGHT.more still
The people of America did not dance in the streets when the Bomb was dropped on Japan.
They DID, however, dance in the streets when Japan surrendered.
We were in a declared war with Japan and their government was warned that we had a devastating new weapon and that they had best call for a cessation of hostilities and a truce. They ignored the warning and President Truman gave the go-ahead.
I see little correlation between the two events and the emotions that followed.

troll