Hiroshima: the 'White Man's Bomb' revisited

I'm a self-confessed history buff but I had very poor history, social studies, civics and culture grades when I was a kid. In retrospect, it was probably because I was confused with the history of our great country, if it's even great at all. Like my friend Lester says, it's a loser history. Sigh.

History is written by the winners. But every once in a while, there are those who seek out the real story. 60 years after the bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, the Japanese are peacefully living out their rich-ass lives backed by the world's largest economy, and the White Man who dropped the worst weapon ever conceived in history, the United States. Hitler was the real enemy of World War II. But why was the Atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima, and a few days later, Nagasaki, and not in Germany? Why drop it at all, when the defeat of the Axis powers were almost certain?

Mick Hume writes this article, looking back at the event, and the story behind the White Man's Bomb. A long read.

Don't get me wrong, the Japanese who invaded our country were ruthless SOBs. Maybe in one sense, we were both on the same side because we were of the same race and region.