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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.CDN (mokhtar)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Why the second bomb, on Nagasaki ?
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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 20:36:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 20:36:03 1984
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> The United States used the atomic bomb twice in World War II, both times on
> Japanese cities. 
 
Let me quote Dr. Helen Caldicott who quoted some Japanese as saying:
          
"We sort of understand the first bomb but why the second bomb?"
               
The only excuse I have heard is that they didn't surrender immediately after the
first bomb was dropped. How much time were they given to comprehend the power of
the bomb? Why would they surrender if they didn't have a chance to examine the
ruins of Hiroshima and reach a decision? Why did the bombs have to be dropped
so close in time?
						    Farzin Mokhtarian
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