I can't help but follow the political campaigns of the Democratic candidate hopefuls. I came across this today and was appalled by the infamous post-9/11 sermon in which the minister declared that the United States brought the terrorist attacks upon themselves by our own terrorism. The minister specifically labels the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as acts of terrorism that we participated in, saying that we did these inhumane acts and "never batted an eye." That man needs to check his history. Perhaps he should read a book on Oppenheimer? Or Einstein? Perhaps he should take the time to do what I did: work countless hours on the oral history of a WWII veteran who spent 3 years in the South Pacific during and after WWII. We batted a lot of eyes, by the way. And the men who helped create the bombs, and who helped deliver the bombs, and who just plain helped kill the Japanese during the war, never forgave themselves. I think that's batting an eye.
Also, last time I checked, war is horrible and terrible. It isn't terrorism. Are we not supposed to defend ourselves? Last time I checked history, the US wanted to stay out of WWII and would have if Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor.
I quote my grandmother: "As far as I'm concerned, a man who won't defend the very ground he walks on can be put on a boat and sent off to sea."
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