tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post1510285025632627316..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: I see blowback comingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-89794055912151587602012-06-03T16:00:24.255-04:002012-06-03T16:00:24.255-04:00It's understandable that professionals of viol...It's understandable that professionals of violence think violence achieves things, but this is simplistic to the point of horror. Hiroshima produced an effect mostly because it followed years of exhaustion and deprivation, but also because there was a single authority over the target population that could surrender, because Japan was a nation with a government. <i>Islam is not a nation</i>. It doesn't have a government, it has no head, its left and right hands are not linked by anything except rumour and conscience. I can't believe these people don't get that simplest and most important of differences. This is a case where "maybe if we use a bigger gun" doesn't have a target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-15845052162325917042012-05-21T21:12:54.301-04:002012-05-21T21:12:54.301-04:00One of my best friends, my heart sister, is a Japa...One of my best friends, my heart sister, is a Japanese American whose mother is a survivor of Hiroshima. What is screaming in my head is: "When will we ever learn ?" Blowback, indeed. Melissa KendalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com