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The #Oppenheimer movie is a triumph of the American narrative of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A story entirely told from the perpetrator's perspective. No voice of the victim. An obsession with the brilliance of manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclear #ManhattanProject @histodons #histodons 13 comments
 @YetAnotherGeekGuy @bojacobs @histodons Indeed. It is a bit tiring at this point that EVERYONE were awesome inocente people... Except the Americans... Come on! @bojacobs @histodons The Japanese government started a war of colonial expansion, and lost. That kind of thing tends to be hard on the citizenry. Should have surrendered sooner — after 100,000 US casualties taking *Okinawa* the end game was not going to be pretty.  @luciedigitalni @bojacobs @histodons not a primary concern imo, though others disagree — actual war fighting tends to be focus of attention @luciedigitalni @havhmayer @bojacobs @histodons Bo Jacobs received negative feedback of this post and he blocked me. I guess he solved the controversy by blocking people. Lol Important piece. Thank you for sharing. "This is a continuation of the war time erasure of Japanese humanity." Agree. To make the killing psychologically acceptable, it's necessary for the state to dehumanize the "enemy alien." This is, of course, an ongoing project for the state, which is why the rehearsal of the history (and pieces like this which challenge the erasure) are so important.  @bojacobs @histodons well, the movie is called Oppenheimer, not 'WW2' or 'Japanese Perspectives' and i saw it. i completely disagree with your opinion that this is movie is about a "triumph" - not even close. @bojacobs @histodons I feel sure if the Hitler had completed his race to create the bomb first he would’ve only used it in a humane and life affirming way. The Japanese were practically buried in pamphlets begging them to surrender or face a catastrophic weapon. They refused to do so, they refused to even contemplate peace negotiations. 300,000 US military casualties taking the mainland be acceptable? I don’t think so. A horrible weapon, but it was inevitable. @threenotch23 @bojacobs @histodons I'd be genuinely interested in hearing a justification for Nagasaki. I can't even imagine one. |
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Conversely, this narrative could also use a little perspective. No mention of the WMDs Japan planed.
Unit 731 bioweapons field tested against civilians in China?
Fu-Go balloon bomb delivery system? Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night set to kill the civilians in SoCal for Sept, 1945?
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#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #histodons #nuclear #wmd #ManhattanProject
@bojacobs @histodons
Conversely, this narrative could also use a little perspective. No mention of the WMDs Japan planed.
Unit 731 bioweapons field tested against civilians in China?
Fu-Go balloon bomb delivery system? Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night set to kill the civilians in SoCal for Sept, 1945?