Hiroshima bombing today in 1945
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On this day in 1945 the United States dropped "Little Boy" the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan because they declined to cease hostilities in pursuit of imperial domination.
The city had a population of approximately 350,000 prior to the attack.
It is said that 70,000 to 140,000 died either directly or as the results of from it's impact.
There were long-term health effects from radiation and resulted in destruction of a large part of the city. Wide spread supposition indicates that this act was a primary factor in the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.
Sometimes it's better to stop what your doing before the consequences mount to this level. In the final consideration of this horrible consequence I am left to wonder what is left for the people who survived the horrors of nuclear attack.
I have a number of friends who are Japanese none of whom appear overtly hostile. They are typically ubane and much more polite than the red neck cohort from which I arose in Salley, SC.