by B. R. GOWANI
(Link to part 1, Who can feel the depth of this boy’s mental turmoil)
World War II began on September 1, 1939 in Europe
the most vicious war the world had ever witnessed ended in August 1945
history’s most destructive bombing raid occurred on March 9-10, 1945
the United States Air Force firebombed Japan’s capital Tokyo
it bombed the most densely populated civilian areas of that city
330 B-29 bombers from the US carried out these savage attacks
they dropped nearly 500,000 cylinders of napalm/petroleum jelly
half of Tokyo was flattened; 100,000 people were killed
a million were crippled; a million lost their homes
18% of Tokyo’s industry & 63% of it’s commercial area was decimated
267,000 buildings were gutted
Italy’s Mussolini was murdered on April 28, 1945
Germany’s Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945
3rd major Axis power Japan now alone, wanted to surrender
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo:
“Unconditional Surrender is the only obstacle to peace.”
unconditional meant trial & execution of Japanese emperor
most Japanese revered emperor as tenno, that is, “heavenly emperor”
a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu
killing him would have been akin to “the crucifixion of Christ to us”
as a study by MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific Command put it
Truman’s government was well aware of the Japanese surrender pleas
China’s supreme leader Mao Zedong once said:
US President Harry Truman’s translation:
super power comes through the explosion of atom bombs
Truman knew Japanese had lost; yet bombed their cities
Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; Nagasaki on August 9
with those 2 bombs 200,000 lives were lost, but
US became the Super Power
US Commander in Chief Truman’s Chief of Staff, Admiral Leahy wrote:
“It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons… My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make wars in that fashion, and that wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.”
did Truman & his co-criminals ever think about the victims
their suffering, their misery, their hopelessness, …
what happened to the 10-year-old boy with his lifeless brother
Masanori Muraoka, a year older than the boy, knew the boy
and tried to find him, but was totally unable to locate him
perhaps he lived a miserable life and passed away
maybe he lost his mental balance and went insane
or who knows, he might have committed a suicide
none of the above possibilities can be ruled out
for a child who had gone through such horror, at such a tender age
the US produced many more such weapons
US monopoly over nuclear weapons lasted till August 29, 1949
the Soviet Union became the 2nd super power with the nuke test
today nine countries possess nuclear weapons
some latest nukes are 3,000 times more potent than the 1945 bombs
the world has 12,700 nuclear warheads, some are way more powerful
the impact of nuclear blast is utterly devastating
today, the world is again on the verge of a third world war
Russia, the former Soviet Union, has waged a war against Ukraine
the US, extremely powerful-more than Russia-could stop the war
the US, hell bent on destroying Russia is sending arms to Ukraine
the Catholic Pope Francis expressed his hope in November 2019
“Together with you, I pray that the destructive power of nuclear weapons will never be unleashed again in human history.”
in Nagasaki, the Pope talked about human’s sadist capability
“This place makes us deeply aware of the pain and horror that we human beings are capable of inflicting upon one another.”
the Pope has been disturbingly affected by the 10-year-old boy’s picture
he has ordered the picture be printed & distributed
the Pope wants the words “the fruit of war” on the back of the picture
then there is another Catholic, US President Joe Biden
six year younger than 85-year-old Pope Francis
the Pope wants peace, Biden wants wars
the Pope wants elimination of nuclear weapons
‘Today, is it legitimate to keep nuclear arsenals as they are? Or to save creation, to save humanity today, isn’t it necessary to go back?’
Biden’s 2023 war budget is $813.3 billion; $50.9 billion is for nukes
the Pope should declare Biden & Nancy Pelosi as enemies of humanity
(Pelosi, a Catholic, is itching for a war, that is, actually a third world war)
the Pope should expel these warmongers from the Catholic fold …
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com