Millions of civilians were the hapless victims of the nuclear attacks that almost wiped two cities off the map… Today, most Americans believe that Uncle Sam did right in bombing Japan!
“As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: My God, what have we done?” these were the words of Capt. Robert Lewis, who was the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber, which dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. But 64 years later, more than 60% of respondents, who were asked during a survey in the United States of America, would beg to differ. They strongly believe that it was the right thing to do and bombarding Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unavoidable. They believe that the war was triggered by the Japanese, and in order to avoid further misery to mankind USA had no choice but to take this drastic measure.
If a jolt was what was needed to bring an immediate halt to the war, then the US could have comfortably demonstrated the impact of the atomic bomb and given Japan the time to surrender. Or the ‘big bully’ could have at least refrained from bombarding Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, since it had already displayed in Hiroshima its expertise in mass destruction. But like General George S. Patton once said “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t,” that day neither God nor the ‘Little Boy’ showed any mercy. All that prevailed was blood, mutilation, mangled carcasses, burns, diseases, skin ailments and leukemia. Several generations were punished by way of genetic and hereditary disorders caused due to harmful radiations of the nuclear bomb.
“As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: My God, what have we done?” these were the words of Capt. Robert Lewis, who was the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber, which dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. But 64 years later, more than 60% of respondents, who were asked during a survey in the United States of America, would beg to differ. They strongly believe that it was the right thing to do and bombarding Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unavoidable. They believe that the war was triggered by the Japanese, and in order to avoid further misery to mankind USA had no choice but to take this drastic measure.
If a jolt was what was needed to bring an immediate halt to the war, then the US could have comfortably demonstrated the impact of the atomic bomb and given Japan the time to surrender. Or the ‘big bully’ could have at least refrained from bombarding Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, since it had already displayed in Hiroshima its expertise in mass destruction. But like General George S. Patton once said “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t,” that day neither God nor the ‘Little Boy’ showed any mercy. All that prevailed was blood, mutilation, mangled carcasses, burns, diseases, skin ailments and leukemia. Several generations were punished by way of genetic and hereditary disorders caused due to harmful radiations of the nuclear bomb.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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