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That's exactly the point. Hiroshima (and Nagasaki, you knew we dropped two bombs right?) was a reaction to Pearl Harbor in the same way that the World Trade Center bombings were a reaction to US military action in Lebanon. Except, instead of 2,000 dead innocent civilians, you had more like a quarter million, plus at least another quarter million suffering from radiation aftereffects. What, you think those half million Japanese were any less innocent than the people in the towers? Do you actually think they suffered less? If so, you might google the effects of radiation poisoning sometime. Not exactly a pleasant way to die.
What's particularly revolting is that despite being one of the most significantly horrific events of our time, you can't even spell Hiroshima. Shows you what kind of effect the suffering of innocents outside our borders has on the average of American. |
Apples and oranges,(yes I do know about nagasaki, you shouldn't assume people don't know world history).
"The first atomic explosion was conducted, as a test, at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The energy released from this explosion was equivalent to that released by the detonation of 20,000 tons of TNT. Near the end of World War II, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It followed with a second bomb against the city of Nagasaki on August 9. According to U.S. estimates, 60,000 to 70,000 people were killed by the Hiroshima bomb, called “Little Boy,” and about 40,000 by the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, called “Fat Man.” Japan agreed to Allied terms of surrender on August 14th."
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Perceived because yes, the U.S. has provided military support to Israel over the years, but it seems that we were trying to help negotiate the removal of the israelis from lebanon, at least from what I've read (I was 2 at the time, so I have to rely on historians).
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After the cease-fire, the PLO again made strikes against Israel, and in June 1982 Israel retaliated by bombing Lebanon. The bombing inflicted heavy damage on the PLO’s militias, many of whom fled the country as Israel invaded and advanced on Beirut. With Israel’s support, Bashir Gemayel, a Christian, was elected president in August, but three weeks later he was killed by a bomb. Many Western governments believed Syria was responsible for the assassination. Partly in response, the Israeli-supported Phalange militia, with Israeli knowledge, massacred an estimated 800 to 1,500 Palestinian refugees in September. After a large international outcry, an Israeli commission reprimanded its leaders for failing to prevent the massacre. Bashir was replaced by his brother, Amin Gemayel, who in May 1983 concluded a peace treaty with Israel. The treaty provoked a violent backlash from Druze and PLO forces. With Syrian support they attacked the Phalange militia and Lebanese army, which had jointly occupied parts of the country.