August 09, 2005

Some Cheese With Your Whine?

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) - A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out Tuesday as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane dropped a plutonium bomb, killing tens of thousands and sealing Japan's defeat in World War II...

...When the
silence ended, Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh had some angry words for the
leaders of the nuclear powers, and especially the United States.

"To the
citizens of the United States of America: We understand your anger and
anxiety over the memories of the horror of the 9/11 terrorist attacks,"
he said. "Yet, is your security enhanced by your government's policies
of maintaining 10,000 nuclear weapons."

Why, yes it is, Mayor Icky.  Just look over there at those peaceful, freedom loving nations to your west.  See 'em?  Ya gotta know who I'm referring to.  I would dare say that if it weren't for our nuclear weapons, you'd be giving your speech in Chinese, with a Korean translation.  It isn't as though they don't have a score to settle.  Much as I despise the Communists, they do have a legitimate greivance against you and your country, bub.

After all, do bells toll and sirens wail on the anniversary of the rape of Nanking? 

Your nation's desire to rule the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere caused far more death and destruction in the world than any weapon we've yet designed.  The nation of Japan raped, pillaged, plundered and slaughtered its way through Asia in a way even the most insane jihadist can only dream about.  And let's not delude ourselves here.  Dropping those bombs spared Japan from an invasion by hundreds of thousands of battle hardened U.S. soldiers and marines.  How many cities would have been obliterated then?  How many civilians would have died?  Hell, Mayor Icky, you might not have even been born.

How naive of you, Mayor Icky.  Do you think that if your nation had beaten us to a nuclear weapon, they would have hesitated to use it against us to turn the tide of their ever-increasing failures?  I think not.

I should get my big coffee table book, "The Chronological History of World War II" back from my younger brother.  It isn't just a history book, it's literally a day by day recounting of WWII from September 3, 1939 to August 15th, 1945.  I could give a comprehensive list of anniversary dates chronicling Japan's atrocities.  And the body count would far exceed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  And no bells would toll nor sirens wail on those dates, either.

So spare us the guilt trip, Mayor Icky.  You'll find no sympathy here.  Japan wouldn't be what it is today without us.  And any time you feel up to snuff, kick our 50,000 military members out and feel free to defend yourselves from the ChiComs and the DPRK.

CP@VAM