Re: [Marxism] J. Robert Oppenheimer documentary to air on PBS tonight

[David Walters <dwaltersmia@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Is this the same Max Hastings who wrote this:
>
> "In August 1945, amid a world sick of death in the cause of defeating
> evil, allied lives seemed very precious, while the enemy appeared to
> value neither his own nor those of the innocent. Truman's Hiroshima
> judgment may seem wrong in the eyes of posterity, but it is easy to
> understand why it seemed right to most of his contemporaries."
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jul/30/japan.secondworldwar
>
> Don't you love the business about the enemy not valuing his own life?
> You know those Asians don't have the same values that we do. I guess
> there is a certain consistency at work here. After endorsing nuclear
> power, why wouldn't you recommend Max Hastings here?

Hastings isn't talking about all Asians, he's just talking about the
specific "enemy", the Japanese, but go with a Guardian review if you can't
come up with something yourself.

Also, what's nuclear power got to do with this? Oh PWWWEEEZZEE Mister
Rabbit....explain THAT one??!!

David
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