Japan Feels The Brunt
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Comment from BeasPeas
This was a terrible time in history, but Japan bombed Pearl Harbor which dragged us into WW II in the Pacific. Japan would never have stopped. The only solution was to make them stop and they had many warnings that if they didn't surrender the bomb would be dropped. It's ironic how history is rewritten nowadays. Marilyn
reply by the author on 01-May-2017
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This was a terrible time in history, but Japan bombed Pearl Harbor which dragged us into WW II in the Pacific. Japan would never have stopped. The only solution was to make them stop and they had many warnings that if they didn't surrender the bomb would be dropped. It's ironic how history is rewritten nowadays. Marilyn
Comment Written 30-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 01-May-2017
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Marilyn, I so appreciate your taking the time to read my 9-1-1. Sadly, the constraints of this piece didn't portray my feelings about the atomic bomb. I realise drastic action had to be taken against the Japanese after they had bombed Pearl Harbour and I know they had due warning. However, I cannot get out of my mind an article written about Albert Einstein. He was shattered when he heard about Nagasaki and the Hiroshima. His well known equation, E = mc squared ( I cannot get the superscript on my I-pad), indicated that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter, but the bomb was not what he had in mind. As you say it's ironic how history is rewritten nowadays.
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Einstein and other scientists knew that once they let the genie out of the bottle there would be no going back. However other countries were also working on the bomb and we got it first. The results would have been totally different if another country had gotten it first. They would have used it also. If there is anything good that can be said about getting the atomic bomb, it ended the second world war with Japan's surrender. Nowadays many countries have nuclear capability. Two countries to watch are nutcases--N. Korea and Iran.
Comment from Dean Kuch
It's hard to argue the point that both the nuclear bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, could not be perceived as a "tragic event" in history.
Let's all hope that with the threats issued recently by North Korea and maniacal leader, Kim Jong-un, this sort of devastation never has to occur again.
Your syllable count is indeed 5/7/5, as requested and required.
Best wishes to you in the contest.
~Dean
reply by the author on 25-Apr-2017
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It's hard to argue the point that both the nuclear bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, could not be perceived as a "tragic event" in history.
Let's all hope that with the threats issued recently by North Korea and maniacal leader, Kim Jong-un, this sort of devastation never has to occur again.
Your syllable count is indeed 5/7/5, as requested and required.
Best wishes to you in the contest.
~Dean
Comment Written 25-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 25-Apr-2017
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Thank you Dean, Your comments bring to mind Einstein's horror at the perpetration of his theory.
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You're more than welcome.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
This was supposed to be posted as a poem, not as a story. The word ATOM has two syllables, so it breaks the rule. You might use NUKE instsad.
reply by the author on 25-Apr-2017
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This was supposed to be posted as a poem, not as a story. The word ATOM has two syllables, so it breaks the rule. You might use NUKE instsad.
Comment Written 25-Apr-2017
reply by the author on 25-Apr-2017
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Thank you for your comment re atom . I shall make the change you suggest.
