D IF YOU DO AND D IF YOU DON'T. Pt. 3

(See Pts. 1&2)

My 6th cousin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was driven out of his somewhat contrived neutrality towards the second great war by the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor; (the 75th anniversary of that war which we observed only yesterday). Of course, shortly after Japan’s assault on our Pacific naval base Hitler’s Germany declared war on the United States bringing us in as a full-fledge partner of the two other major allied countries involved in that war.

Without question or contradiction, Japan was the aggressor and without warning or just cause struck one of our major military resources in the Pacific theatre purposely and without regret. She went on to fight with a vengeance, conquering territory and savaging civilians. And if that were not enough, the military of that island nation treated captured allied POW’s in the most brutal fashion in the annals of modern history.

I believe it can be fairly said that the Empire of Japan got what was coming to her, and then some. And while there are those among us who challenge and decry the creation of, and use of the atomic weapons which leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and which vaporized upwards of 150,000 lives, the loss of life among both sides would, no doubt, have been 10 fold had our troops been forced to invade the mainland of Japan.

When all the literal and proverbial dust settled after the events of August 6th and August 9th, 1945, America was left with a D if she did and a D if she didn’t proposition. With some this nation’s decision to drop the bomb continues to be justified. With others it represents a horrific and intolerable act of unjustified vengeance; the likes of which was never witnessed since the creation of the world.

Whereas, the use of nuclear weapons in WWII continues to be controversial, and whereas right thinking and good hearted people come down on both sides of the issue, to return to a related implication, though admittedly of lesser scope.

I think there should be no controversy at all when it comes to the ‘Atomic Trio’s’ decision to market themselves, and their products to the American public; since the word, ‘controversy’ implies a divided opinion among two or more parties.

No controversy should exist at all as regards those $6.00 coffee mugs and $25 autographed lithographs depicting the hellacious power of the atom, the loss of an inestimable number of lives, (and the ‘Atomic Trio’s’ attempt to profit thereby).

It was simply

…unacceptable.


 By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 46. Copyright pending
 
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