Yet people commemorate the "victims" of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki whilst ignoring the 20 million+ innocents cruelly murdered by Japan.
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And your point is . . . ? Truman was wrong to make "saving American lives" his top priority?
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If he could have seen
@BillWhittle video on nuking Japan, he would have been at peace w/ his decision. https://youtu.be/ylMbvf3sn_g@InstapunditThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sobering.
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Class act!!
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Quick historical q for you or readers: I saw Truman opinion poll#s crater late in presidency. Why? Unemployment? Donothing congress?
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MacArthur
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I was trying to recall the epilogue to
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I was raised by Truman dems but in the end they wouldn't forgive him firing Gen. MacArthur
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Yet Mr Truman's humane feelings for the women and children of Japan didn't stop his incinerating hundreds of thousands of them via the bomb.
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To save a least a million
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Historians have debunked that contention... A robust blockade would have saved as many lives without jeopardizing a single USA soldier.
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Something that may have worked. After a long blockade maybe more would have died anyway. Either way. I would have voted for the quick out
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Two of the more interesting people in 20th century American history!
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Well said Harry! My dad was to be in the invasion Might not be here today.
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Can't imagine "45" struggling with any "humane feelings" for the enemy as HST did.
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Please,could you clarify to me, why He used nuclear weapons to end World War II?. His letter was not using this weapons for humane feeling.!
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Japan had already offered an unconditional surrender but Truman wanted to show Russia we were serious about our use of nuclear weapons.
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There are some historians who maintain this message was mis-translated as an unconditional rejection. Whoopsie doodles.
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