Shortly after taking office Obama embarrassed the nation by going around the world and apologizing for the United States. Now, according to some linked cables, we learn that he wanted to apologize to Japan for the Unites States using the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This is an insult to World War II veterans whose lives were saved by dropping the bombs and forcing Japan to surrender.
My ship, the USS Pickens, was in San Francisco loading on troops and materiel in preparation for invading Japan when the bombs were dropped. We had been told to expect casualties to be very high, and having seen the effectiveness of suicide planes at Okinawa, we could understand. Hundreds of thousands of American lives would have been lost and Japanese casualties would have been even greater had the bombs not been dropped. Even though Obama's attempted apology took place in 2009, I am angry that this president thinks my life and that of others who would have invaded Japan should have been sacrificed. I have opposed many of Obama's policies but it has never been personal. I take this personally.
My ship, the USS Pickens, was in San Francisco loading on troops and materiel in preparation for invading Japan when the bombs were dropped. We had been told to expect casualties to be very high, and having seen the effectiveness of suicide planes at Okinawa, we could understand. Hundreds of thousands of American lives would have been lost and Japanese casualties would have been even greater had the bombs not been dropped. Even though Obama's attempted apology took place in 2009, I am angry that this president thinks my life and that of others who would have invaded Japan should have been sacrificed. I have opposed many of Obama's policies but it has never been personal. I take this personally.
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