Biden hangs "Pride" flag from White House. Treasonous act?

@Gloomy
As the world's policeman we keep a lid on the bad actors.

You're welcome

@Gloomy
Japan is far from innocent when it come to war crimes especially in the 30s and 40s... might want to research WW2

@Ozuye502 I know all about japanese war crimes... doesn’t justify using atomic bombs

@Gloomy War crimes are not why the atomic bombs were used. It was the humane thing to do.

@Gloomy You just eant an echo chamber for your juvenile understanding of history, economics and politics.

@HoraceGreenley You are such a piece of shit. Historic research shows that Japan was about to surrender there was never a need to commit mass murder on civilians

@Gloomy You are mistaken in that regards. After the first atomic bomb was dropped the Japanese Diet (that's the name of its parliment) believed that the US had only one such bomb and should continue fighting. The Japanese government was organizing women, children and the elderly for defense of the home island and issued sharpened bamboo poles to civilians since there was a shortage of firearms. The air force and navy had been obliterated.

The US made a formal statement to the Japanese that it would continue to use atomic weapons until Japan surrender. The Japanese thought the US was bluffing and that the US could not possibly have more such bombs.

So after Hiroshima, the Diet decided to continue fighting. US estimates of an invasion of Japan calculated 1 million Allied causualties and over 10 million Japanese in order to obtain a surrender. The war continued.

Then the second atomic bomb was dropped. The Japanese Diet met again to decide if Japan should continue to fight or to surrender. The vote was a tie. No decision could be reached and the emperor had to cast the deciding vote. The emperor decided to surrender. A recording was made of the emperor informing the public of a surrender. It was a vinyl record and copies were to be played on the radio at noon the following day.

That night, the hard liners that wanted to continue to fight launched a coup to overthrow the emperor, take over the government and continue fighting. The coup attmept failed, and the recording was played the next day.

The use of atomic weapons saved the lives of millions of people.

Clearly you are ignorant of the facts in this case. Your ad hominem displays your immaturity and inability to provide meaningful rebuttal.

@HoraceGreenley The latest scholarship is clear that the Soviet Union’s declaration of war was the Japanese military’s worst nightmare. Unable to fight a two-front war and anti-communist to its core, the Japanese military and civilian government officials were terrified of a Soviet occupation and panicked at the prospect of losing Hokkaido. Suddenly, an immediate surrender to the United States became a necessity for preserving Japan’s integrity. The hard truth is that the atomic bombings were redundant, and they saved no American lives.

Also my insult stands you keep proving that you posses no morals.

@Gloomy Wherever you got this - its wrong. Just because some college professor says something doesn't make it true.

The Soviets jumped in at the end of the war because the Russians hate the Japanese. Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war in 1905 and wanted some revenge. By the time the Soviets declared war on Japan in WWII, they knew Japan was defeated. It was a meaningless act of revenge.

I would argue that your Marxist views and ignorance of history are both immoral and dangerous. Please reflect on your sins.

@HoraceGreenley
🤦‍♀️ just cause you indoctrinated nationalist says something doesn't make it true.
You are incredibly ignorant

@Gloomy Regurgitating some college professor's opinion doesnt' make you smart.

There's a big world out there. Try experiencing some of it and finding out how things work.

@HoraceGreenley I experience the world outside of the US. Your nation has a superiority complex

@Gloomy For a good reason. You live under the blanket of security we provide.

No need to thank me.

@Gloomy eh maybe when i do my dream euro vacation of following Patton's path to Germany I'll understand. Or is that too American for you?

@Ozuye502 Bailed out the Euro-Weenies...twice!

@HoraceGreenley in your dreams 😂

@Gloomy You are not aware of WWI and WWII?

In both cases the stalemate between German on one side, and France and England on the other had to be broken by another country.

@HoraceGreenley we cant help that Lockheed Raytheon and the others make the best defense equipment. Our engineers are just better. We built a fighter jet from the molecule up. Now i will admit the Gurkhas and Smonians are a tough and fight with heart like no other.

@Ozuye502 Money makes a difference. There are plenty of tough, courageous people. In America, with its wealth, those talents can flourish due to eduation, training and money. Americans are very creative and in my opinion, are the best at teamwork. Teamwork and organization is vital.

If I want engineering....I'll take America every time.

@HoraceGreenley WW1 the victory should go to Canada with their charge of the 100 days offensive l

@Ozuye502 I've been to Belgium. And Canadains fought there in both world wars. The Belgians love the Canadians for what they did there.

@HoraceGreenley Yes but never solely by the US and your geographical location made it easy to exploit the remains and came out of it relatively unharmed

@Gloomy The geographical isolation helped the US tremendously.

@Gloomy hold up here there was warning before the US unlock the flavor of the sun.
2 the Japanese were already fighting on 2 fronts the US and in China. (The Chinese weren't putting up too much of a fighting but there was still a fight going on.)
3 they did not take the warning of wake island where a small group of US Marines and some civilian construction workers beat the imperial Japanese but were told to surrender...
4 does the US have a superiority complex maybe but you would too if you knew you could conduct major military operations anywhere on the planet in 48 hours or less. (Yes the 82nd air born can be kicking in doors and stacking bodies or in 48 hours or less not to mention that special operations community can be deployed with them or before)
5 no one fights like the US we back our unhealth care with care. Its in our military doctrine to help rebuild what we have taken out. No other military does that.