Comments on: BRIG GEN Paul Tibbets, RIP

By: nat

nat — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:04:14 +0000

i like pie

By: Ruth Ann Wilson

Ruth Ann Wilson — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:17:53 +0000

Honor to whom honor is due. Paul Tibbets was a great American soldier who did his duty to God and Country. On this Veterans Day, Nov.11, 2007 may this great man be remembered for his great feat during WWII. General Douglas MacArthur said, “Victory then Peace” and all the people said Amen.
For God & Country
Ruth Ann Wilson

By: Eden Carroll-Weiss

Eden Carroll-Weiss — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:53:38 +0000

General Tibbets had in his life heard the critics, we’ve always had them. But if he would have been torn in anyway about his duty, his job that had to be done then it would not have been successful. Who would have the Japanese attacked next? America. Our mainland American soil has never been attacked after the civil war. Because America has always had a strong defense and arms so destructive no nation dared to attempt it. But America is changing. Why? Because we have members of Congress listening to anti-Americans, anti-war activist and they’ve forgotten their history. General Tibbets is a hero because he did his duty. Just like our young men and women in Afghanistan and Iraq. May g0d bless them all.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:00:32 +0000

In response to: (Posted by: why at November 2, 2007 04:52 PM)you asked the very important question “Tell us the magic number, how many innocent civilians is ok to incinerated to save the live of a U.S soldier? What’s the rate? When is it ok and when too much?” Well the “Magic Number” is HOWEVER MANY IT TAKES…all lives are precious but American Lives are even more precious — you fail to understand your history in that the Japanese people were committed to their war effort. The estimated 1 million American servicemen who would have perished in the Japanese mainland invasion would likely have killed my grandfather and yours, thus eliminating our current debate. The attacks using nuclear devices were warranted because it saved countless American soldiers, and other Japanese civilian lives that would have been destroyed in the impending invasion of Japan. War is harsh, so don’t start them…but when they are started WIN THEM, at all costs!

By: Cris Inns

Cris Inns — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:06:43 +0000

I don’t understand how the bombing of Hiroshima could be regarded as anything other than a necessary, and regrettable, evil. But those were ugly times, with a different mindset, which I pray we do not see again. Paul Tibbets did what he had to do, in a calm, professional and dignified manner which he retained to the end of his life. For that he does deserve the highest praise.

By: 90sept

90sept — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:42:52 +0000

in war you do what you have to
the General is an american hero

By: 90sept

90sept — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:42:13 +0000

in war you do what you have to
the General is an american hero

By: Not

Not — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:37:26 +0000

Ignore “Why” and he’ll go away. He is like a shark, you feed him he multiplies. Stop feeding him, he’s too stupid to learn and too young to be educated. He just loves to be the Devil.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:34:01 +0000

@WHY
Read what Tibbets himself said

By: why

why — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:52:04 +0000

“If you’re a mathematician, I suspect you’re not a very good one. In your hypothesis, you’ve already produced a trivial result by applying incorrect initial and boundary conditions to the problem. You talk about “innocents”, yet numerous people have pointed out that you’ve misapplied the term. You talk about non-aggression, but ignore the broader context of WW2 and the history of Japanese aggression“
You do not get it.
When is it ok to nuke a city full of civilians?
Should the occupied france had been nuked because there were some nazi tank divisiones stationed there? And so all the towns and cities in Europe?
If there is a killer in a building, would you support nuking the city, so the killer would not escape the police and kill again?
If there is a kidnapper in a schoold? would you bomb it so the kidnapper won’t be able to escape and kill in the future?
If the answer is no, why?
Maybe because there are innocent people?
So, the police in these cases try to save the innocents, while trying to catch the bad guys and its ok, but in the military case, you killed the innocents, so the bad guys do not escape, although you came all the way there to stop them killing innocents, and you achieve that killing innocents? That’s ilogical.
The same way you could have nuked half Europe because there were panzer divisions stationed there.
Oh, you are going to say that you do numbers and stadistics and then you decide.
Tell us the magic number, how many innocent civilians is ok to incinerated to save the live of a U.S soldier? What’s the rate? When is it ok and when to much?
The same question is critical to law, how many innocents are you ready to send to jail so that a criminal does not get away? I’m for 0. You find another way. There are thing that should not be done, like torture, like bombing civilians.
And you should know that.