UN Rejects Hiroshima Bombing as "Terrorist Act"...

"Faced with the twin realities of inevitable Japanese defeat and staggering civilian and military casualties, the allies did the right thing: On July 26, they issued a surrender demand, the Potsdam Declaration(PDF).
 
The Japanese rejected it, the atomic bombs followed roughly two weeks later, and the war ended.
 
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As we confront once again the anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and as America’s critics decry our alleged barbarism, it’s worth remembering that weakness has terrible costs, and moral critics of decisive force should wrestle with that cost rather than utter platitudes like the U.N. did this week:
 

True security is based on people’s welfare and not on military annihilation, senior United Nations officials said today, marking the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and later Nagasaki, and honoring the survivors of the bombings known as ‘hibakusha.’

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“We are united in countering the erroneous view that security is achieved through the pursuit of military dominance and threats of mutual annihilation,”Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said in his message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony..."
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/355313/print

WHL wrote:I hate the UN.

I remember when Ronald Reagan started talking tough.  That was before he was even elected.  But just his tough talk, scared the rest of the world and the results were a much more peaceful time.  We have a big mess everywhere now.

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WHL wrote:I hate the UN.

I remember when Ronald Reagan started talking tough.  That was before he was even elected.  But just his tough talk, scared the rest of the world and the results were a much more peaceful time.  We have a big mess everywhere now.

 
Barry Goldwater's tough talk so provoked LBJ into a misleading TV ad that was pulled after one day.

The Vietnam War continued for years, and then LBJ quit politics, sat idle, and chain-smoked his life away—a formerly determined President—reflecting on one ruined Presidency.
 
...and one ruined nation...

WHL wrote:I hate the UN.

I remember when Ronald Reagan started talking tough.  That was before he was even elected.  But just his tough talk, scared the rest of the world and the results were a much more peaceful time.  We have a big mess everywhere now.