What is the biggest mistake ever done by your country?

[Arrian]

Yes, as a matter of fact it was. My choice was between slavery and what was done to the Native Americans. Since I think England, as the colonial parent, has to share in the blame for the NA genocide (though most of it is on us), I chose slavery. Either is a valid choice, really.

-Arrian

[Zoid]

Originally posted by aaglo
I'm not going to start the A-bomb-rant here. Not anywhere.

But how about the genocide of the indians? Wasn't that a big mistake?

Not according to faded glory

[huntergatherer]

reinstating the monarchy was a big one, as well as screwing up Africa, the middle east, India and Pakistan (to name a few) with our Imperialism

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Arrian


Err... though it's a nitpick: it wasn't "millions."

Second, though I think in retrospect that the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima was wrong (I would have preferred a warning blast first),

I agree, a mid-air blast ten-twenty miles off the coast would have been a much better demonstration.

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin


I agree, a mid-air blast ten-twenty miles off the coast would have been a much better demonstration.

Yes, but then you wouldn´t have had the oppurtunity to inspect the damage it inflicted on living tissue. Why else would the Hiroshima bomb be uranium based and the Nagasaki bomb be plutonium based?

And why would the US have refused Japans wishes to sign a peace treaty in the summer of ´45? Before the bombs were finished?

Sorry, didn´t mean to turn this into another US-bashing thread...

[Phil_de_geezer]

it wasn't "millions."

Yeah, you're right. Oops. I oughta get my facts straight before i post.

Just out of interest, why did it take two bombs to make Japan surrender? And then seeing as they didn't surrender after the first, how did their situation change to make them surrender after the second?

[Zoid]

Since I already started... Japan was already beaten in the early summer of ´45. The US just wanted some guinea pigs for a live A-bomb testing. And to show the russians that you didn´t **** with the US else you get an A-bomb up your ass...


I refer you to
this article written by former CIA-agent William Blum

andthis page which has several very interesting articles despite the apparent trolling with the american nazi flag and all...

[Ecthy]

KX, what country are you from? I never figured that...

didn't read this thread either, and I'm drunk now

[Blisterz]

Alberta

[Ecthy]

Blisterz, you have the same avatar as Dr Stiby I think

So who of you is that gay guy, again? Sorry I always get confused when people use standard avatars

[Blisterz]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Blisterz, you have the same avatar as Dr Stiby I think

So who of you is that gay guy, again? Sorry I always get confused when people use standard avatars

If you are talking about the over sexed slutty guy that sleeps with just about anything... that would be me

hehe

[Ecthy]

the one who's in his early twenties, has had several women before and is now in his first gay relationship?

[Zoid]

Ecth, I´m from Sweden, so I´m not far away...

[Ecthy]

Good. Are you all those different girls in your avatar icons?

[Zoid]

Eeh, I think there´s only one girl... And no, I´m not she. I wish... If I were I wouldn´t be able to take my hands off me

In fact it´s the same girl (with another hair colour) that Paiktis has as his avatar.