[StBernard] New HBO documentary of the atomic bomb drops on Japan

[Westley Annis]

The first time I watched "Pearl Harbor" with my daughter, right after the
bombing scenes were over, I turned to my daughter, who was in 5th grade at
the time, and told her that is my America should never apologize for
dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It's a shame so many people today don't understand why Truman made that
decision.

Westley

-----Original Message-----
After recently watching the compelling (and graphic) new HBO documentary
about the atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I was left with the
following three thoughts:  first, I thought about all the innocent Americans
killed on December 7th, 1941 and some whose remains still reside in the hull
of the U.S.S. Arizona at the bottom of Pearl Harbor; second, I thought about
the thousands of American soldiers killed (or really murdered) on the death
marches in Bataan; and last, I thought... "payback is a real bitch."
 
- John Scurich