>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/587698/201110111829/Apologies-Not-Accepted.htm
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>>>>>>>>>>>Japan said no. What a monumental eff-up of a president. "Hey Japan, I just want to apologize for my country ending the war with you that you started." It cannot be overstated how bad of a president we have right now.
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>>>>>>>>>>I normally just ignore your posts, but this one I have to comment on (and I know I'll probably regret it).
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>>>>>>>>>>In your mind, apologizing for incinerating tens of thousands of Japanese civilians seems like a bad thing to do?
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>>>>>>>>>>Wow.
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>>>>>>>>>>I'm glad the radicals (right and left) don't actually run this country.
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>>>>>>>>>At least you're consistent. Its absolutely apalling that nobama would attempt to apologize for something that ended a war where American soldiers were dying by the bunches. They didn't believe or accept any surrender offer. Amazing how quickly a little bomb changed the history of WWII....
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>>>>>>>>>For someone who (I'm assuming by your common posts) has never served, I would expect nothing less......
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>>>>>>>>Considering the couple hundred thousand innocent civilians that were killed by the Atomic bombs dropped on them ... how could any country ever justify such a cruel terrorist act?
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>>>>>>>PEARL HARBOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>>>>>Innocent Japanese women & children did not attack Pearl Harbor.
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>>>>>I am without words.
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>>>>Well that's unusual..:) What I was trying to point out is that they attacked our military, we attacked their civilians...and killed like 200,000 of them. I find that rather difficult to justify.
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>>>What would you have done?
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>>First thing I would of done is avoid being in a position where I was the one responsible to figuring that out. I don't no what I would of done.
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>Ha, same here. I would have probably been in the corner sucking on my thumb.

hahahaha. Well for sure would not want to be the one(s) to make such a choice. I think our leaders at the time did what they thought would save the most American lives and end the war and figured it was worth it. I suspect if I was alive and an adult in 1945 my viewpoints at the time would probably be different - I'm sure it seemed like a damn good idea at the time.