“Seventy
years ago, in early August 1945, the United States dropped nuclear
bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in so
doing became the first and only nation in history to launch atomic
weapons of mass destruction against civilians. The massive nuclear
strike resulted in the death of tens of thousands of peaceful
Japanese civilians.”
“On
August 6, 1945 American pilot Paul Tibbets attacked the city of
Hiroshima with the atomic bomb 'Little Boy.' Over 70,000 died
immediately, including 16 American prisoners of war. About 200,000
died in agony from the radiation sickness months later. On August 9
another American B-29 bomber called Bockscar released 'Fat Man,' the
plutonium bomb named after Winston Churchill, over the port city of
Nagasaki. About 75,000 Japanese civilians died from the blast, while
over 70,000 were seriously wounded.”
“Embarrassingly
enough, US historians and policy makers continue to claim that the
bombing of defenseless Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified and
prevented even greater casualties. However, they remain silent about
the disturbing fact that Japan was ready to surrender to the Allies
months before the hideous nuclear attack.”
“...
experts noted that America's nuclear muscle flexing was aimed to
demonstrate to the world, particularly the USSR and Joseph Stalin, a
growing military might of the would-be 'global hegemon.' It is worth
mentioning that Washington's bellicose policy makers even went so far
as to consider 'Operation Unthinkable,' a plan to nuke the Soviet
Union offered by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plan had
been developed by the British Armed Forces' Joint Planning Staff at
the end of May 1945, just weeks later after the Soviet Union and its
Allies defeated Nazi Germany.”
“'He
[Churchill] pointed out that if an atomic bomb could be dropped on
the Kremlin, wiping it out, it would be a very easy problem to handle
the balance of Russia, which would be without direction,' an
unclassified note from the FBI archive stated.”
“...
according to Dr. Kohls 'historically-illiterate Americans' are
blocked from learning the historical truth about the 'American
Empire.' Thus, predictably, the Pew Research Center polls indicate
that almost 56 percent of Americans still believe that the act of dropping atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified. Unfortunately, the US' decision to use
nuclear weapons against Japan had ushered in an era of the dangerous
nuclear arms race of the Cold War ...”
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