He also called #Oppenheimer a “crybaby scientist” when Oppenheimer told him he felt like he had blood on his hands. Then told Dean Acheson he didn’t ever want to see Oppenheimer in his office again.
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I wouldn't be here if Truman hadn't made that decision. It's a hard choice to contemplate given my obvious bias.
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For some, the personal factor makes it easier. I interviewed a non-Japanese national who the Empire had threatened to execute (along with Allied POWs) if the powers arrayed against Japan attempted a land invasion. She had to hide her relief at the bomb drop.
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Do you have a link to that interview (if it was recorded)?
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Sure, thanks for asking. It's Journey Interrupted by Hillie Mahoney, who had an incredible life before, during and after. On her way back to Germany, her family becomes stranded in wartime Japan. http://historyauthor.com/2016/07/mahoney-journey-interrupted/ … Also available on iTunes, iHeartRadio, etc.
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Imagine if our current President sent a similar letter. I bet we would be ashamed to show it.
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Can you imagine in 20, 30 years, all the books, movies, expert pundits, etc, that will try to explain this moron? I hope I'm around to enjoy the carnage.
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I’d love to see it but I’d be in my 90’s.
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Me too, but think positive!
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And he wrote "Japan is a country of beasts" to the guy who was the head of the resistance to the Civil Rights Movement, well done there ...
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In warfare
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if they werent afraid that the bombs wouldnt blow up, they could have dropped the first one in a remote countryside to scare the crap out fo the citizens.
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Couldn't afford to waste the plutonium or enriched uranium.
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Did he at least have a big piece of chocolate cake while writing this?
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What did the original telegram say?
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Imagine having to make that decision with the knowledge of what the Japanese had done to our side. How do you restrain revenge.
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Yet he still ordered the civilian population incinerated.
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Ever plainspoken.
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