Retired US Air Force General Paul Tibbets is winging his way on his last mission. Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 Enola Gay that dropped the first atom bomb, the one that obliterated Hiroshima, died at age 92.
In 1975, Tibbets told and interviewer, "I'm not proud that I killed 80,000 people, but I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did.''
Isn't that kinda sweet? Happy Landings, Colonel. Just don't rile up the reception party.
The real criminals were the Japanese whose emperialism caused the death of about 25 million people.
ReplyDeleteLet's keep that in mind before making snarky remarks about a man who took on a nasty job to help bring this vicious war to an accelerated end.
No one is defending the Japanese, bunny. That's not to say that the good Colonel did anything heroic either. The job he took on was about as "nasty" as a really long-distance bus ride, particularly as it troubled his conscience not at all.
ReplyDeleteActually, the Japanese were trying to sue for peace when the bombs were dropped. Truman dropped them to show the Russians what they had.
ReplyDeleteSorry Bunny, but millions have been killed by American imperialism in the last 50 to 60 years too. Would someone be a hero for nuking them to stop a war?
I think not.
If there's a hell, Tibbets is there, holding hands with Truman to face those people for what they did.
Of course, he's just gone and mouldering in the ground.