75th anniversary of atomic bombs being dropped

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Surtur
Well technically we're a few days late and one day early. The bombs were dropped in 1945, August 6th and 9th.

No other country has ever attacked someone with an atomic bomb.

The total dead is estimated at over 200k.

Old Man Whirly!
The thing is though Surt, The Manhattan project had German, Hungarian, American and British scientists at its core and Roosevelt liased with the other nations fighting the war in the Pacific as to when the bomb was dropped, America did what it and the allies had to in order to save their own soldiers. It was sad, but imo justified.

Surtur
I suppose in a way it did save soldiers, but not from the Japanese. This sent a message to Russia. We then entered a cold war instead of something else.

Old Man Whirly!
Originally posted by Surtur
I suppose in a way it did save soldiers, but not from the Japanese. This sent a message to Russia. We then entered a cold war instead of something else. Yeah, the cold war was a disturbing time, the threat of nuclear war was something serious to those of us who grew up in that period.

Surtur
Yes we killed hundreds of thousands cuz Russia.

And thank god the world has learned from their Russian hysteria, right?

eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by Surtur
Well technically we're a few days late and one day early. The bombs were dropped in 1945, August 6th and 9th.

No other country has ever attacked someone with an atomic bomb.

The total dead is estimated at over 200k.



Let's hope it never has to come to that again.

eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by Surtur
I suppose in a way it did save soldiers, but not from the Japanese. This sent a message to Russia. We then entered a cold war instead of something else.



Actually, it did save many of our soldiers from dying at the hands of the Japs. If we hadn't used the bomb, we would've probably lost hundreds of thousands of men in a ground invasion.


I suppose another option would've been a blockade of Japan but that would've taken a lot longer to see results and the Japanese still had ships and planes which would've made it difficult anyway.


I still believe the bombs were the best course of action in that situation. I'm just glad we got that tech before the japs or germans did.

NemeBro
Look at this racist using WWII era racial slurs. thumb down

BackFire
Yeah. He needs to upgrade to the WWIII era ones

walshy
I don't understand why they targeted civilian populations rather than army or navy bases.

ares834
https://hg1.funnyjunk.com/comments/I+guess+_d9aff1e1dddc105d50d68ea04342d80e.jpg

Two nukes weren't enough.

jaden_2.0
Originally posted by walshy
I don't understand why they targeted civilian populations rather than army or navy bases.

Teh lulz

Trocity
Justifying killing a couple hundred thousand civilians is a tough sell, but I get why they did it.

ares834
Originally posted by walshy
I don't understand why they targeted civilian populations rather than army or navy bases.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were also military targets. Both were places of great military significance for Japan.

NemeBro
Originally posted by walshy
I don't understand why they targeted civilian populations rather than army or navy bases. America is evil.

eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Teh lulz


^thinks it's funny that hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the bombings. Just the sort of callous reply I'd expect from a shitty UK'er.

jaden_2.0
Originally posted by NemeBro
America is evil.

And a shithole.

eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by ares834
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were also military targets. Both were places of great military significance for Japan.


Correct, but some people don't learn history very well.

eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
And a shithole.


^lives in a shithole while calling another country a shithole lol.

Artol
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
And a shithole.

America has bought into a type of individualism and hyper capitalism that has led to immense inequality, which means that the US has a lot of places that are as bad or worse than poor parts of third world countries, while also having wonderful places for the well off. And of course it has wonderful nature, truly a beautiful place.

jaden_2.0
https://www.google.com/search?q=most+beautiful+country+in+the+world&oq=most+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i60l3.3335j0j7&client=ms-unknown&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

BrolyBlack
Finland?

jaden_2.0
https://www.businessinsider.com/20-most-beautiful-countries-in-world-ranked-by-travel-rough-guide-readers-2017-9

https://www.urbanunionltd.co.uk/2019/03/07/scotland-voted-the-worlds-most-beautiful-country/

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/travel/a25901743/most-beautiful-countries-world/

ares834
No surprise US is consistently rated highly. It's a damn big country that's relatively underpopulated and with a very diverse ecosystem.

BrolyBlack
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
https://www.businessinsider.com/20-most-beautiful-countries-in-world-ranked-by-travel-rough-guide-readers-2017-9

https://www.urbanunionltd.co.uk/2019/03/07/scotland-voted-the-worlds-most-beautiful-country/

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/travel/a25901743/most-beautiful-countries-world/

You live in New Zealand?

Artol
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
https://www.google.com/search?q=most+beautiful+country+in+the+world&oq=most+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i60l3.3335j0j7&client=ms-unknown&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Scotland is a beautiful country.

Wonder Man
The atomic design can always be improved upon until the bombs no longer function.

Flyattractor
In honor and the memory of that Historic Time....

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Wonder Man
Are your bananas a part of the grape vine

Flyattractor
Only if the got that Radioactive Glow!

Tzeentch
The Japanese were so monstrous in WW2 that to this day every other Asian country is massively butthurt about them, to the point that they'd rather take Winnie the Pooh cock than side with us and by proxy Japan.

Shoulda dropped 3. Also MacArthur and Nimitz should have spitroasted Hirohito in the middle of Tokyo.

jaden_2.0
Originally posted by BrolyBlack
You live in New Zealand?

New Zealand's a shithole.

Not as much of a shithole than the US though tbf.

Artol
Originally posted by Tzeentch
The Japanese were so monstrous in WW2 that to this day every other Asian country is massively butthurt about them, to the point that they'd rather take Winnie the Pooh cock than side with us and by proxy Japan.

Shoulda dropped 3. Also MacArthur and Nimitz should have spitroasted Hirohito in the middle of Tokyo.

I think you are right about the monstrosity of the Japanese empire. I don't think that that's the reason why Asian countries now don't side with the US always. The US has done plenty monstrous things in the region itself. And for many countries having a good relationship with China is much more important and beneficial than with the United States. I think blaming Japan for some of the diplomatic shortcomings the US has in the region excuses the fact that what the US is offering to countries in the region isn't particularly attractive to many.

BrolyBlack
Originally posted by Tzeentch
The Japanese were so monstrous in WW2 that to this day every other Asian country is massively butthurt about them, to the point that they'd rather take Winnie the Pooh cock than side with us and by proxy Japan.

Shoulda dropped 3. Also MacArthur and Nimitz should have spitroasted Hirohito in the middle of Tokyo.

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eThneoLgrRnae
Originally posted by Artol
America has bought into a type of individualism and hyper capitalism that has led to immense inequality, which means that the US has a lot of places that are as bad or worse than poor parts of third world countries, while also having wonderful places for the well off. And of course it has wonderful nature, truly a beautiful place.


If you truly hate individualism and capitalism as much as you seem to then perhaps the United States isn't a country you should be living in. I suggest you move to a more collectivist anti-capitalist country like North Korea, commie.


Individualism always >>>>>>> collectivist crap.


Capitalism >>>>> Communism/socialism... ALWAYS.


United States >>>> every other country on the planet, especially the shithole UK lmfao. laughing out loud

Artol
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
If you truly hate individualism and capitalism as much as you seem to then perhaps the United States isn't a country you should be living in. I suggest you move to a more collectivist anti-capitalist country like North Korea, commie.


Individualism always >>>>>>> collectivist crap.


Capitalism >>>>> Communism/socialism... ALWAYS.


United States >>>> every other country on the planet, especially the shithole UK lmfao. laughing out loud

I'm not against capitalism or individualism generally, I think the best forms of governments and society are in between, where our communities are collectively taken care of, with a lot of freedom for individuals to develop and express themselves.

I love a lot of things about the United States, but I also see many of its shortcomings, if I were to be randomly born anywhere, I would not choose the United States, as it comes with too much danger of being born in a very unfortunate position.

Of course the United States is vastly better than North Korea. The UK has a lot of the same problems as the United States, imo.

ares834
Originally posted by Tzeentch
The Japanese were so monstrous in WW2 that to this day every other Asian country is massively butthurt about them, to the point that they'd rather take Winnie the Pooh cock than side with us and by proxy Japan.

Get that Chinese and Korean propaganda out of here.

https://mylifeasapolymath.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/japan-flag.png

Tzeentch
Originally posted by Artol
I think you are right about the monstrosity of the Japanese empire. I don't think that that's the reason why Asian countries now don't side with the US always. The US has done plenty monstrous things in the region itself. And for many countries having a good relationship with China is much more important and beneficial than with the United States. I think blaming Japan for some of the diplomatic shortcomings the US has in the region excuses the fact that what the US is offering to countries in the region isn't particularly attractive to many. It very much has to do with our relationship with Japan. Most of east asia/south-east asia is pretty chill with us. Vietnam and S. Korea are for example very close to us politically and economically (or were, that might have changed with this administration). The biggest sticking point has been our buddying up with Japan.

More specifically, part of our strategy in recent years to keep China in check in the pacific has been to slowly relax our ban on Japan having their own military. The other asian countries are very unhappy with that, and it's no secret that China has countered by trying to form its own pan-Asian coalition (with itself at the head, of course)... with the sole exception of Japan being a member.

Artol
Originally posted by Tzeentch
It very much has to do with our relationship with Japan. Most of east asia/south-east asia is pretty chill with us. Vietnam and S. Korea are for example very close to us politically and economically (or were, that might have changed with this administration). The biggest sticking point has been our buddying up with Japan.

More specifically, part of our strategy in recent years to keep China in check in the pacific has been to slowly relax our ban on Japan having their own military. The other asian countries are very unhappy with that, and it's no secret that China has countered by trying to form its own pan-Asian coalition (with itself at the head, of course)... with the sole exception of Japan being a member.

I'm not saying that it's not a factor at all, but I think you are vastly overstating it. Certainly South Korea is not really moving away from the US, even though there are tensions with Japan. I don't think that has fundamentally changed under Moon either.

Also the idea that China is economically so different to the US, is mostly made up at this point, the US and other Western countries are working together with China perfectly well tbh.

Flyattractor
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His words and How He says them just make me feel a Certain Way....

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dadudemon
Originally posted by ares834
https://hg1.funnyjunk.com/comments/I+guess+_d9aff1e1dddc105d50d68ea04342d80e.jpg

Two nukes weren't enough.

I saw one worse on reddit a few years back. It was a gif of a dude (pulled from a hentai movie) with a giant spikey (don't know how to describe it) dick pull open a futa's eyelids on one eye and blow a load, penis to eyeball, right on her eye.

It's SUPER over the top.



The only thing more extreme I've seen than that is the shitting dick nipples. A lady with large boobs with penises for nipples that were shitting shit out of them. Shitting dick nipples.

Flyattractor
So what your saying is that It was the Radiation that made the Japanese....JAPANESE?

I buy that.

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