Oh my mom and dad were fully behind dropping the 2 atomic bombs on Japan. They saw it, and I agree, as a way to end the war without the high casualties that invading Japan would have cost.
Well I'm old enough to remember the time after WWII and there was ZERO moral ambiguity among most of the US population over "the bomb." A few liberals wrung their hands and clutched their pearl necklaces, but we thought that they were just odd ducks. Never forget that Japan started it and the Christian US nation was all too happy to end it. In my small community of Baptists and Methodists, no one had any guilt over the matter. It was a very different time back then, and it may be hard for younger people today to understand that.
At the risk of being insensitive (I'm not trying to be, I swear), what were your mom's feelings on the bomb? I recently saw Oppenheimer's famous quote about it, so I'm curious about this...
That being said, I can't imagine the hell your father must have gone through, or the strain it must have put on your family...
Oh my mom and dad were fully behind dropping the 2 atomic bombs on Japan. They saw it, and I agree, as a way to end the war without the high casualties that invading Japan would have cost.
Agreed, but I can only imagine how much that would weigh on a person to feel responsible for so much death, even if it was necessary...
Well I'm old enough to remember the time after WWII and there was ZERO moral ambiguity among most of the US population over "the bomb." A few liberals wrung their hands and clutched their pearl necklaces, but we thought that they were just odd ducks. Never forget that Japan started it and the Christian US nation was all too happy to end it. In my small community of Baptists and Methodists, no one had any guilt over the matter. It was a very different time back then, and it may be hard for younger people today to understand that.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be critical. I only saw that Oppenheimer clip recently and it really got to me...