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**Donger** · 08-06-2014, 12:24 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...mbing-24858379

Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday, with the city's mayor inviting world leaders to see atomic bomb-scarred cities firsthand to be convinced that nuclear weapons should not exist.

Speaking before a crowd of survivors, their descendants and dignitaries including U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, the mayor urged U.S. President Barack Obama and others to visit, referring to a proposal made at a ministerial meeting in April of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative in Hiroshima

"President Obama and all leaders of nuclear-armed nations, please respond to that call by visiting the A-bombed cities as soon as possible to see what happened with your own eyes," Mayor Kazumi Matsui said. "If you do, you will be convinced that nuclear weapons are an absolute evil that must no longer be allowed to exist."

About 45,000 people stood for a minute of silence at the ceremony in Hiroshima's peace park near the epicenter of the 1945 bombing that killed up to 140,000 people. The bombing of Nagasaki three days later killed another 70,000, prompting Japan's surrender in World War II.

The number of surviving victims, known as "hibakusha," was just more than 190,000 this year. Their average age is 79, and many of the attendants at the ceremony were their younger relatives and descendants. Hiroshima officials said 5,507 survivors died over the past year.

The anniversary comes as Japan is divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent Cabinet decision to allow the country's military to defend foreign countries and play greater roles overseas. To achieve the goal, Abe's Cabinet revised its interpretation of Japan's post-WWII pacifist constitution.

Abe said at the event that as the sole country to suffer nuclear attacks, Japan has the duty to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons. But he did not mention his push for a more assertive defense posture.

Public polls show more than half of the Japanese are opposed to the decision, mainly because of sensitivity over Japan's wartime past.

Matsui did not directly refer to Abe's recent change. But he said the pacifist constitution is what has kept Japan out of war for 69 years.

**Bufkin** · 08-06-2014, 02:24 PM

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herpy derp. chefs still suck.

Nothing wrong with a gourmet meal.

FishingRod · 08-06-2014, 02:47 PM

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have you ever researched anything you are talking about? The USA wa fire bombing Japanese cities and these cities were primarily made of wood. The devastation was enormous yet the Japanese refused to surrender. Fire bombing wood cities is no picnic.

And please consider this one little tidbit before you get back on your soapbox of dumbassery: Japan refused to surrender even after Hiroshima. It took not ONE but TWO nuclear strikes to get the dumbasses to call it quits.

Furthermore, the overall lives saved, both civilian and militarily via NOT invading Japan is incalculable.

All this being said, I don't think the mayor of Hiroshima or politicians in Japan are asking the USA to apologize. I think they are simply saying "let's not ever do this again, come and see." That is an honorable message.

In addition to being firebombed to ashes and Nuked a couple of times they were now facing ALL instead of just a portion of the United States, and United Kingdom’s Military might. This was not exactly a great situation considering the US and UK had treated the Pacific as a secondary theater of operations while fighting Germany but had already given the Japanese a fairly rough beat down.

After all that the Soviet Union Jumped in with both feet. You really can’t say they quit too soon.

**AustinChief** · 08-06-2014, 02:48 PM

Not sure what this has to do with us.. everyone knows it was DOLPHIN and WHALE who bomb Japan!

Or was it Chicken and Cow?

**Iowanian** · 08-06-2014, 02:55 PM

The party was said to have ended with a bang!

He should invite their leaders and those of the world to remind them what happens when you sucker punch Americans.

GloryDayz · 08-06-2014, 03:01 PM

Well this is a "hot" topic!!

GloryDayz · 08-06-2014, 03:02 PM

The first people to invite are the the leaders of the many different forms of Muslim militant groups - they're next!

**Gonzo** · 08-06-2014, 03:12 PM

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herpy derp. chefs still suck.

I think I might ban you. I don't know why. Itchy trigger finger I guess. Kinda like Truman.

**Gonzo** · 08-06-2014, 03:12 PM

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Not sure what this has to do with us.. everyone knows it was DOLPHIN and WHALE who bomb Japan!

Or was it Chicken and Cow?

**** YOU DOWFIN!!!

blaise · 08-06-2014, 03:15 PM

They're going to serve stuffed mushrooms.

**Trivers** · 08-06-2014, 03:24 PM

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They're going to serve stuffed mushrooms.

booo!

**Iowanian** · 08-06-2014, 03:56 PM

In honor of this anniversary, I hereby from this day forth rename the Chiefs current #3 quarterback.....

Tyler "Enola" Bray

Because he'll be dropping BOMBS all over the field.

**Donger** · 08-06-2014, 04:38 PM

Here's an interesting tidbit regarding nuclear weapon history:

The core used in our second nuclear weapon test was nicknamed "the demon core" because it "killed" not one but two physicists who were performing tests with it.

**Rain Man** · 08-06-2014, 05:43 PM

The ceremony went well other than the fireworks show, which made everyone nervous.

George Liquor · 08-06-2014, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

herpy derp. chefs still suck.

Nuke Denver

ToxSocks · 08-06-2014, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

In honor of this anniversary, I hereby from this day forth rename the Chiefs current #3 quarterback.....

Tyler "Enola" Bray

Because he'll be dropping BOMBS all over the field.

.

08-06-2014, 12:24 PM
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