It’s been 80 years since the dropping of two atomic bombs on civilians in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. To honor the occasion, a local peace group is hosting a remembrance event. We were told by one of the organizers that the venue, where it is to be held, “has asked that we don’t include anything political. They got complaints that [organization name redacted to preserve their political correctness]…we are ‘too political’ (read that as likely against Zionism, etc.). As we know, AIPAC is alive and well here in [state name redacted to protect our image]. This is a memorial, so we are trying to adhere to their guidelines”. Was not the killing of Japanese civilians in 1945 with two nuclear bombs a political act? We’ve been told for decades that the dropping of these bombs was necessary to end the war. They were not needed to end the war! (see: https://www.unz.com/article/the-satanic-nature-of-the-atomic-bombings-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/ ).
Wow, this was a comment that deserved a response!
Hiroshima, Japan – August 8, 1945
Gaza – January 19, 2025
Israel has attacked a prominent survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing over a comparison he made between the blast and the current assault on Gaza.
Toshiyuki Mimaki
Toshiyuki Mimaki, a leader of the Nihon Hidankyo organisation that represents survivors of the 1945 US atomic bomb attack on two Japanese cities, compared the two after the group was announced as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
“I thought for sure [the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize] would be the people working so hard in Gaza, as we’ve seen,” he told reporters in Tokyo after the announcement.
“In Gaza, bleeding children are being held by their parents. It’s like in Japan 80 years ago.”
After almost two years of genocide in Gaza, isn’t it time that all peace groups become serious about promoting peace and come out from behind their pitiful, pusillanimous platitudes parading as pompous peace, pronouncement perveyors of preponderant proportions?
