January 06, 2004

If you don't want to pay this cost, don't start a war.

Posted at 04:49 AM Feedback

In 1995, while in Japan, I spent about 24 hours in Hiroshima, a city of memorials. The most common phrase on the dozens of memorial plaques mounted on various monuments around the city is At 8:15 AM, on August 6, 1945...

I wrote extensively of my experiences there in my travelogue. The following feedback is in response to Pika Don.

----- Original Message -----
> From: Duffie Smith
> To: "feedback" (PIKADORI)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 6:09 PM
>
>
> The cost of war is high. The cost of war, if lost can be even higher,
> as the Japanese found out in Aug. of 1945. If you don't want to
> pay this cost, don't start a war. Clinton needs to remember this too !

From: Patrick Jennings
To: Duffie Smith
Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 12:32 PM
Subject: Re:


Among the costs of war, whether eventually winner or loser, is the loss of our humanity.

Remember this: the targets had been purposely left free of the conventional bombing that had already levelled Tokyo and many other cities. The reason? So when the bomb was dropped, its efficacy could be better studied. The result? Tens of thousands of guinea pigs died instantly. Hundreds of thousands would die over the next several decades. Thousands more continue to suffer. Heck of an experiment.

Cheers,

Patrick.

From: Patrick Jennings
To: Duffie Smith
Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: Re:


Oh, meant to add. Yes, Clinton and all of NATO need to seriously reconsider their policies.

Cheers,

Patrick.

I'm willing to be Duffie hasn't passed his advice on to Bush.

p.

Presently listening to:
Put Down That Weapon - Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust (04:38)




 
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