A-bomb pilot had no regrets till dying day
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TODAY news: Mr Tibbets( pilot who carried out the world's first atomic attack above Hiroshima) died on Thursday aged 92, insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.
... He did not apologised, arguing... that the bombing millions of American and Japanese lives by ending the war...
why should Mr Tibbets apologise? if the Japanese never had the huge ambition to 'swallow' america that led to the bombing of pearl habour, would the america do this to them? the rest of the world would have become Japan now!
... "but i wanted him to visit Hiroshima and take a direct look at what he did as a human being" said Mr Tohei, who co-chairs the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organisations, who now lives in Tokyo.
Is he sure only the Japanese suffers from the war? who started the war in the first place? why doesnt he visit the countries his beloved country has done damage??
they wanted others to realise their mistakes and impact done to Japan. But they themselves failed to see their own actions. So ironic!
its not that i hate Japan or what. but it is a fact they never fail to admit the war is never their fault. -
What bullzhit... Why dun he speak of the doings of the Japs.Originally posted by jacqn:but i wanted him to visit Hiroshima and take a direct look at what he did as a human being -
They got a "mandate from heaven" to go ahead with wars....
No religion on earth have ever apologised for causing wars in the name of their god...
So in japan case.. .maybe partly due to their religion also?
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i don't see why he should regret... at least it's how i think lah... what he did was necessary(i feel that) to stop the war... if he didn't do that, maybe a lot of people are speaking japanese now...
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... "but i wanted him to visit Hiroshima and take a direct look at what he did as a human being" said Mr Tohei, who co-chairs the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organisations, who now lives in Tokyo.
hiphop version:
..."but i wanted Mr Tohei to visit China and SEA and take a direct look at what the japanese did as a country"said hiphop2009, who is the chairman and chief of sgforum's sub-forum, homework forum. -
Originally posted by jacqn:
What's there to regret and apologise. Mr Tibbets and the crew of Enola Gay were just carrying out an executive order from the US President.
[b]TODAY news: Mr Tibbets( pilot who carried out the world's first atomic attack above Hiroshima) died on Thursday aged 92, insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.
... He did not apologised, arguing... that the bombing millions of American and Japanese lives by ending the war...
why should Mr Tibbets apologise? if the Japanese never had the huge ambition to 'swallow' america that led to the bombing of pearl habour, would the america do this to them? the rest of the world would have become Japan now!
... "but i wanted him to visit Hiroshima and take a direct look at what he did as a human being" said Mr Tohei, who co-chairs the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organisations, who now lives in Tokyo.
Is he sure only the Japanese suffers from the war? who started the war in the first place? why doesnt he visit the countries his beloved country has done damage??
they wanted others to realise their mistakes and impact done to Japan. But they themselves failed to see their own actions. So ironic!
its not that i hate Japan or what. but it is a fact they never fail to admit the war is never their fault.[/b] -
don regret don regret lor. wad to do? his choice, we cant force him to regret.
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if he dun carry out the order, he would be punished.!Originally posted by BabyRex:What's there to regret and apologise. Mr Tibbets and the crew of Enola Gay were just carrying out an executive order from the US President. -
regret for fcuk??? he should be proud of SAVING THE WORLD!!!!!
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no need to regret la..
this is an order!! -
seems to me some of you here thought that bombing japan is not right??
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the first bomb dropped on nagasaki, a rather deserted place. It was the japaneses who refused to surrender that caused the second bomb to drop on hiroshima.
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eh...opposite lah...Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:the first bomb dropped on nagasaki, a rather deserted place. It was the japaneses who refused to surrender that caused the second bomb to drop on hiroshima.
hiroshima 1st then nagasaki... -
oh ya you are right.Originally posted by scorchio:eh...opposite lah...
hiroshima 1st then nagasaki...
Anyway, the japs deserved it since they land a cheap move on pearl harbour. The pilot is just carrying out the order and the pilot may have some friends who died during WW2 so you cant blame him if he has no regrets. -
the japs never did officially apologise for the war....the previous prime ministers put out statements of regrets for the hardship the war caused but never for starting the war...so why should the a-bomber apologise....
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forgive and forget...no point crying over spilled milk..even if they apologise..even if the pilot regret..no dead soldier is gonna come alive...
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it was an order what. even if he didn't follow his orders, some other pilot would've done it.
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On August 9, 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war, Emperor Hirohito told Kido to "quickly control the situation" because "the Soviet Union has declared war and today began hostilities against us."
On August 10, the cabinet drafted an "Imperial Rescript ending the War" following the emperor's indications that the declaration did not compromise any demand which prejudiced the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler.
On August 12, the emperor informed the imperial family of his decision to surrender. One of his uncles, Prince Asaka, then asked whether the war would be continued if the kokutai (national polity) could not be preserved. The emperor simply replied "of course."
source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito -
nagasaki wasn't the intended target.Originally posted by scorchio:eh...opposite lah...
hiroshima 1st then nagasaki... -
Yamash!ta's gold, also referred to as the Yamash!ta treasure, is the name given to an urban legend of alleged loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Japanese forces during World War II and hidden in caves, tunnels and underground complexes in the Philippines. The number, size and value of the loot troves in the Philippines are unknown.
the japanese themselves shld sit in a room with four walls and ponder.. how many countless innocent lives have they brutally killed, how many women have they raped and /or killed
The "gold" reportedly included many different kinds of valuables looted from banks, depositories, temples, churches, other commercial premises, mosques, museums and private homes. It takes its name from General Tomoyuki Yamash!ta, who assumed command of Japanese forces in the Philippines in 1944.
According to various accounts, the loot was initially concentrated in Singapore, from where it was later relayed to the Philippines.[2] The Japanese hoped to ship the treasure from the Philippines to the Japanese home islands after the war ended. As the Pacific War progressed, Allied submarines and aircraft inflicted increasingly heavy losses on Japanese merchant shipping. Some ships carrying loot back to Japan were sunk.
Some historians have argued that looting was organized on a massive scale, by both yakuza gangsters such as Yoshio Kodama, and the highest levels of Japanese society, including Emperor Hirohito.[3] The Japanese government intended that loot from Southeast Asia would finance Japan's war effort. It is alleged that Hirohito appointed his brother, Prince Chichibu, to head a secret organization called Kin no yuri ( "Golden Lily" ), for this purpose.
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,and the intensive damages they cause to other countries during the war
and japanese war crimes -
more than 10K of innocent pple died in this bombing attacks. they r not soldiers n nvr do anything wrong like invading, killing or raping other countries rite?
if i were the pilot n following Orders... FINE! but deep in my heart i will be stuck by guilt as i was responsible of killing pple n their love one. n this bomber still have a cheek to say he had no regrets?
hope Hell has a place for him! -
why should Mr Tibbets apologise?
the japanese themselves shld sit inside a room with only walls and mian bi si guo -
think again...i don't think the civilians are innocent cos they too supported the war.Originally posted by 798:more than 10K of innocent pple died in this bombing attacks. they r not soldiers n nvr do anything wrong like invading, killing or raping other countries rite?
if i were the pilot n following Orders... FINE! but deep in my heart i will be stuck by guilt as i was responsible of killing pple n their love one. n this bomber still have a cheek to say he had no regrets?
hope Hell has a place for him!
without their own people's support, will japan go ahead with the war? -
Everything also regret. Your life would be screwed up.
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they led a poor live n their love ones r being forced by the empire to invade other lands so dat they can have a better life, so this is the case of giving wrong moral support but afterall they were families.Originally posted by scorchio:think again...i don't think the civilians are innocent cos they too supported the war.
without their own people's support, will japan go ahead with the war?
wat the japanese armies did were heartless, but there was no reason for the US to kill innocent japanese since the japanese armies refused to surrender rite?