tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834317478825651626.post2554209119850873230..comments2023-12-06T08:58:47.325+00:00Comments on Noi6 Around-the-World: Lava and BombsMihaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228641687542213372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834317478825651626.post-17281403046375487342012-05-05T14:12:40.339+01:002012-05-05T14:12:40.339+01:00Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately the only...Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately the only lesson from Pearl Harbor is that America has to strike first, and it did on almost any chance it had in the last fifty years. Tens of thousands of people killed later, all over the world - I hope that we would forget that lesson. The memorial does a good job of clarifying the international context of the air strike, the expectation of imminent war with Japan and the incompetence of the American army before the attack, including an unnamed officer who dismissed the approaching warplanes on the radar screen as "ours." It praises with good reason the genius of the Japanese mastermind and the gutsiness and courage of the Japanese pilots. It could have been worse, if it wasn't for some luck. I had an uneasy feeling when they decried the lost lives as they didn't have a chance to die in the war. It is also a memorial to the determination and the strength of the American people to recover from the strike in the minutes, hours, days and years that followed. Yes, nobody should forget that.Mihaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228641687542213372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834317478825651626.post-8591635942600999412012-05-05T13:09:19.965+01:002012-05-05T13:09:19.965+01:00Yes Omega, but not only Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima to...Yes Omega, but not only Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima too! And look not only at the outcome, of bombs over innocent people, but search for the reasons that led to that outcome. If we share the good fortune that we have, if we help each other, if we are considerate of other people customs and feelings, if we understand them and their way of being, and work to live together, then there is no need for having an economical and political influence in a different country, that will be the downfall of a third one, because 61 years later we are all linked, it doesn't matter if we live in USA, Japan or Romania. This is the first step that I am talking about .Ileana Ruxandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895111913115399419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834317478825651626.post-20806559092358070262012-05-05T03:31:36.093+01:002012-05-05T03:31:36.093+01:00Remember Pearl Harbor! Seriously! It is an importa...Remember Pearl Harbor! Seriously! It is an important part in our heritage. As soon as we forget the past, we will probably do the same sort of thing in the same sort of way. The moment we forget the past, we forget who we are.<br /> <br /> ΩAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com