tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post1362852293266243293..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: State Sponsored Terrorism: Another Anniversarybionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-79486380881240176622013-08-04T10:24:26.034-07:002013-08-04T10:24:26.034-07:00Few years ago I read Thomas Fleming's The New ...Few years ago I read Thomas Fleming's The New Dealers' War: F. D. R. and the War Within World War II. To me, basically everything we do now, even after so many years, is in some way related to WWII. The years leading to the war, all during the war, and basically the whole time since, Has been one long government created crisis. The better for politicians to take advantage of. From the beginning of the Great Depression to the end of the Cold War is forty plus years of continuous linkage of the thought that patriotism's foremost duty it to assure continuity of government. They found that scaring the people was not as easy without war or its pretense, thus 9/11. taxesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-15846233969370643322013-08-04T06:58:51.995-07:002013-08-04T06:58:51.995-07:00Every terrorist targets civilians and excuses his ...Every terrorist targets civilians and excuses his actions by invoking the Greater Good. Yes, the "conventional" bombings of, e.g., Dresden, Hamburg and Tokyo, were terrorist acts. As were al-Qaeda's attacks on 9/11. It may well be there's something different about the U.S. brand of terrorism, but its apologists' excuses strike me as just that. Universality is the hallmark of morality. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-31720831675997903382013-08-03T23:07:20.161-07:002013-08-03T23:07:20.161-07:00World War 2 is estimated to have caused up to 75 m...World War 2 is estimated to have caused up to 75 million deaths. Thus the atomic bombs only account for ~0.05% of the casualties. It's quite probable that World War 3 was averted as nuclear weapons create a mutually assured destruction. No other weapon creates such fear and thus no one cares when millions die from getting shot, stabbed, burned or shredded by shrapnel. The grim immediate effects of those who survived the initial atomic bombings but died shortly thereafter were actually severely burnt victims, i.e. the same thing that would happen via napalm.Gilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-26175235269053130522013-08-03T19:47:53.223-07:002013-08-03T19:47:53.223-07:00Thank you, taxes.
The book by Gar Alperovitz, whi...Thank you, taxes.<br /><br />The book by Gar Alperovitz, which I have written about on this site, goes through in exhausting detail both the facts of the bombing, and the creation of the myth. The myth-creating ability in the face of well known and extremely credible critics at the time was stunning. It was eye-opening for me.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-89734084258033418992013-08-03T09:25:17.099-07:002013-08-03T09:25:17.099-07:00This is a crucial way to understand our world and ...This is a crucial way to understand our world and how public opinion is molded. I hope many people come away from reading this article understanding how important this idea is, from as extreme an example as this mass killing. It may be as many as one hundred times as many deaths as on 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. Good work BM. taxesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-26845176092859141492013-08-02T23:00:42.702-07:002013-08-02T23:00:42.702-07:00What's wrong with dropping the atomic bombs? ...What's wrong with dropping the atomic bombs? The Americans had an ace in their sleeve and used it. Considering less than 400,000 died from the bombs that means they dished out very little carnage compared with conventional bombs as well as old fashioned guns and knives. Looking at cities today you wouldn't know what happened. Better yet most people like comparing Hiroshima and Detroit and if anything you'd think Detroit must have been bombed and never been able to recover.Gilnoreply@blogger.com