Maintain a moral purity u while a vast slaughter occurred at the rate of over 200,000 deaths a month. Isnt there a tragic dilemma here, namely which innocent lives to save. Could truman have rested at peace by prolong iing the japane domination of asia . As future anniversaries of the dropping of the bombs occur, i hope for less condemnation of trumans decision at least until the critics can specify a moral and still feasible course of action to end the war. Perhaps there might even be some empathy for the man required to make the decision and who carried the burden of his harry truman of independence, missouri, was some moral mons r monster. Those who criticize his decision would do well i think to place themselves in his shoes and ask what they might have done in his circumstance. Honest observers who refrain from analysis and criticisms will acknowledge that they were used primarily for a military purpose so as to force japans surrender and that they prove defective in inflicting de
Coming up, American History tv on cspan 3 looks at the dropping of the atomic bomb during world war ii. Next grant weller teaching a class on american and japanese strategies leading up to the dropping of the bomb. Then a debate on president trumans decision to use the atomic bomb. Later president trumans zbroond join survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki to consider the legacy of the atomic bombs. Next u. S. Air force Academy History professor grant weller teaches a class on americas use of the atomic bombs against japan at the end of world war ii and examines japanese social and political attitudes. This is just under an hour. Outside standing. Take yo outstanding. Well finish your survey of the Second World War with ten of the asiapacific war. Before next week launching into a more detailed discussion about the war without mercy. We start off with the surrender ceremony on the 2nd of september, 1945, with the demonstration of air and naval strength that macarthur and others arranged t
So we will have an initial skepticism. But we need to make sure it is justified. Lets make sure we are destroying the planet before we start destroying our economy and our way of living. We certainly respect and welcome all perspectives and that should be the case on all sides of the debate. It is not just left and right. It is interesting how so many folks that are Global Warming skeptics come from environmental activist brack grounds background. I consider myself an environmentalist. I do travel quite a bit and every chance i get, when i travel, i want to go out. I want to see the lay of the land. I want to go hiking through the forest. I want to experience the beauty we have in this country and make sure we are good stewards of it. However, it does not mean we will just jump on board for every asserted environmental crisis. Like i mentioned earlier, we want to see the proof in the pudding before we jump on board. It takes courage if you are concerned about the environment to critica
World in 90 seconds. Todays eye opener. What it does is endangers every one of our people over seas. It was a big step in the wrong direction. The Senate Releases an explosive report on the cia. Among the findings they did not produce intelligence that mattered or made america safer. Cia director john brennan basically put out a statement saying yes, there were mistakes made but it saved americans lives. This is simply not true. So hes lying . Are you saying hes lying . Now wait a minute. Wind gusts could be 40 to 60 meanwhile, heavy rain snow from pennsylvania to points north. A fire at a Senior Living facility in dallas. Many people were rescued. Two people were killed as a result of this fire. Protesters marched briefly, halting traffic on a state freeway. The royal couple staying busy on the third and final day. In new york. The duke and duchess of cambridge ended their trip at a black tie event at the metropolitan museum of art. Do you wish they were staying longer . Absolutely. N
The fill fines i desperate search for the survivors after the country was hit pie typhoon haiyan. One of the strongest ever. Nearly 10,00 10,000 have been k. Uprooted trees and levels houses all across the country. More from the capital of ma mill a. Reporter survivors of typhoon haiyan walked through whats left of their town. Still in shock over how quickly their lives were turned upside down, painful reminders of what they have lost are everywhere. Thousands still missing and many areas are unreachable. Badly for the missing and those confirmed killed. So that is a concern but we are addressing the needs of those that are still living. Especially those injured. Reporter the extent of the devastation is making rescue and relief operations difficult. Air pots in the central philippines have been damaged and many of the roads in the affects islands are impassable. Emergency personnel are having to walk for hours to reach survivors with aid. The storm hit on friday and since 10 for many