Hiroshima 60

Thank God we got the bomb before Hitler or Tojo.

Thank God we didn't have to invade Japan and take hundreds of thousands of casualities and in the process kill millions of Japanese combatants and civilians.

	Day by day objective account of what was going on in the countdown to 8/6/1945.
	Argues that the bomb was not necessary to force Japanese surrender
	A focus on the influences upon Truman's decision making. Material on how history has been written since 1945 on the subject.
	Okinawa and the lessons learned from the experience -- the awful expectation of the horrors of this battle multiplied a thousandfold on the Japanese mainland.

On the other side of the subway turnstile

My bags were not checked today. It would have been interesting since I was collecting stuff on Islam, the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II, and what was passed from the native American culture to the European-American culture in British North America and later, the United States.

On the other side, a young woman with leaflets shouting "Stop Dick Cheney's Secret Plan to Invade Iraq."

I answered her: "I agree. Syria first."

Analysis: The big picture behind the Vatican spat : Jerusalem Post

My summary: Israel watched for several years how the Vatican ignored terrorism directed at Israel. With the election of a new pope, it was now opportune for Israel to show that the status quo would no longer be accepted. Making the complaint on the July 12 Netanya suicide bombing was that start.