[ RadSafe ] RE: [AMRSO] On This Day( NY Times) - Observation of Moment of Silence

[Maury Siskel]

It seems appropriate to recall in passing that Japan also had an active 
atomic bomb research program through WW2 -- not as advanced as Germany 
or the US, but nevertheless, they too were trying ....
Maury&Dog

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Steven Dapra wrote:

> Aug. 9
>
>         Japan has always been a very regimented nation, and during 
> WWII it was a police state.  The "enablers" etc., didn't have much of 
> a choice in the matter.  It was do what you're told, or else.  The 
> "eager supporters" undoubtedly lost much or all of their former 
> enthusiasm when the coffins and the 'we regret to inform you" 
> telegrams began arriving.  For a present-day perspective, initially 
> the Bush II war on Iraq was popular.  Now it isn't.
>
>         Both individual and mass human behavior can become very 
> complicated and convoluted in wartime.
>
> Steven Dapra
> sjd at swcp.com
>
> At 09:54 AM 8/9/07 -0700, Brennan, Mike  (DOH) wrote:
>
>> There were far, far more than just two crimes; there were almost an 
>> infinite number of crimes, with most of them committed or ordered by 
>> those controlling the Japanese government.  There is no justification 
>> at all to believe that those committing the crimes would stop, short 
>> of such overwhelming force as to kill them or break Japan's ability 
>> to continue the War.  The resolve of the Western Allies (and the greed 
>
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