What are we? Arrogant? Ignorant? Insensitive?
JAPANESE anti-nuclear protesters have called on the US government to include details of the terrible aftermath of the 1945 attacks on Hiroshima at an exhibition that is to include the Enola Gay.
...The bomber, which has been completely reassembled for the first time since 1960, is to be one of the highlights of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s new exhibition centre in Washington from December 15.
...The Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb Sufferers has called for details about the number of deaths and photographs of the damage caused to Hiroshima by the bomb to be included in the exhibition, but has been rebuffed.
...[M]useum spokesman Peter Golkin said the exhibit "does not glorify or vilify the role this aircraft played in history", and will feature similarly labelled warplanes. He said a sign beside the aircraft would "tell visitors what it is and the basic facts concerning its history", including its size, technological advances and missions.
The demonstrators have also received e-mails saying their protest is misguided. One said: "Japan started the war at Pearl Harbor. The US justly ended it with A and H-bombs. The US has good reasons to honour the Enola Gay without remorse or regret about its mission."
The Enola Gay has been at the heart of other disputes in the past, with US war veterans claiming an earlier exhibition focused excessively on Japanese victims and ignored the fact that the bombing effectively forced Tokyo to surrender. article
Please check out the Pearl Harbor post for links to what really happened.
I don't know why they hate us.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Sunday, December 07, 2003
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