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I wrote a research paper early in the pursuit of my bachelor's degree at the University of Utah. This was in 1971 which was 55 years ago. My conclusion was that there was no need to drop A bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war in the Pacific. Japan was indeed ready to negotiate surrender. President Harry S. Truman committed a war crime against Japan by selecting two civilian targets instead of military targets. Let that sink in. It was a war crime. A crime against humanity.

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Not shocked but I like history. I hope we have entered an era where we can admit that as a country we’re not that great to our own people and to people in other countries. Hell, the Nazis came here to learn Jim Crow, we were so successful, they imported it back to Germany. And we did not need to drop the atomic bomb. I’m old and I’ve been on the outs with everyone on this point. We are a predatory country economically and sexually. You have to own up to your mistakes so that you can change things. We have caused so much harm to people all over the world with our manifest destiny bullshit. We are anything but superior.

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