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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 10:23 AM Original message |
Pilot of plane that bombed Hiroshima dies (Paul Tibbets) |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. A very good, brave and strong man. He will be missed. n/t |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Amen. May he rest in peace. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. All things considered, the 60+ years since they were invented |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Rest in peace, Colonel. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. He was a man of courage. He knew he would pay a personal price for |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think the A-bomb attacks were much more than the beginning of the end |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just like our troops in Iraq, he served honorably and did what his commanders asked him to do. |
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sdfernando (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. No funeral - So sad. |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Joining others in saluting you, sis. RIP. |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. A real hero who helped end the war. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Gotta be a tough old bird to snuff that many innocents and still live to a ripe old age! |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Let me ask you this. |
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AllexxisF1 (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. ... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thus passes another on my 'A' list of people I'd like to meet |
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mooseandsquirrel (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hiroshima pilot dies aged 92 |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. RIP |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And after they bury him, they plan on dropping a second coffin nearby. n/t |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Was he cremated? He certainly urned it. n/t |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. he wanted his ashes dropped into his shiitake mushroom garden |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Your hate is misplaced. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well said. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. 1. I don't see that person's post as hate. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. . |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Does the "following orders" excuse work only for Americans? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. He Probably Had Little Idea What He Was Dropping |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Self-delete... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. No guilt for killing 80k people. Instead is glad of the people he saved |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "Why bother. By then Japan knew what we had." |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. And how about all the Chinese the Japanese killed? |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. At least the poster has something in common with the Japanese... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Interesting how the blanket statement is on the "Japanese" |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yep. The "American" army is in Iraq and Afghanistan... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You know I'm talking about those who lived in Japan at that time |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'm saying part of my family lived there at the time, and they care about |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I think they should have picked military targets and not civilians. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Unfortunately in a bombing campaign of WWII |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Not invading was an unlikely option. |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. What? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. God Speed, Mr. Tibbets |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rest in peace |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. My condolences to the family of this patriot |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. He had a good long time to ponder what he did... |
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D-U-D-E (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. RIP Mr. Tibbets |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm sorry - I don't think he was brave at all. He actually did a |
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dingaling (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I agree with that. |
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bry2k (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Hiroshima & Nagasaki were military targets... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. RIP |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Neither villain nor hero |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
52. So I had this professor |
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