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diagonalslip
all these elite types are certainly going to town on the luxury jetsetting jaunts this year.... making up for all those missed jollies during the Covid era I suppose.
rcch
A genuine man with good intentions; Hiroshima will welcome you, Mr. Secretary-General.
painkiller
The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
No, the US first had detonated an atom bomb in a test in New Mexico.
ending World War II and Japan’s nearly half-century of aggression in Asia
Stay focused.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general will travel to Japan on Thursday and take part in the annual ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on Saturday.
Hope I'm on the same flight as him.
rcch
Detonating a bomb and testing it is not the same as dropping it with the intention to kill hundreds of thousands of people. So yes, that morning, the world witnessed the first dropping of an atomic bomb.
Tell me; what if your family members were among the victims; would you want that same violin?
painkiller
rcchToday 08:17 pm JST
Not according to the article, which says nothing of "intention":
The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945
RedstormToday 07:52 pm JST
The 140,000 number is disputed; but whatever the number, it does take into account the approximately 25% Koreans who were forced to work in Japanese factories.
painkiller
RedstormToday 09:14 pm JST
This article is about Hiroshima, not Nagasaki:
U.N. chief going to Hiroshima for 77th anniversary of A-bomb
Regardless, your close friend is missing the point--he should be campaigning against war, or the countries that start wars, not the weapons used in it. I haven't heard about people campaigning against bullets, bayonets, grenades, etc.
elephant200
Why didn't Mr.Guterres ask the Japanese government to put a signature on the paper of NPT? These annual ceremony was hypocritic!