26 Jun 09 07:30, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> We also had to beat the Soviets to the punch, or they would be
 RW>> occupying half of the Japanese mainland after the war. That's why
 RW>> Truman didn't mention the bomb to Stalin at Potsdam, but he did tell
 RW>> Churchhill. Somehow, Stalin must have already known about it,
 RW>> judging (not me) by his reaction to the discussions there.

 RN> I suppose we earned the distrust of a dictator because of him being
 RN> kept out of the loop.

Or perhaps Truman and Churchill new that Stalin couldn't be trusted.

 RW>> RN> Cary Grant had a great line about that in Destination Tokyo.

 RW>> I don't remember it, but it was probably a good one.

 RN> Then here it is, but more than one line:

 RN> ===
 RN> In Destination Tokyo, a submarine crewman named "Mike" tries to
 RN> rescue a downed Japanese flyer from the water. Instead, the
 RN> "ungrateful" Japanese soldier stabs Mike in the back, killing him.
 RN> Later, as the Captain (Cary Grant) and his men mourn Mike's passing,
 RN> the Captain delivers this speech:

 RN> Captain: ". . . Mike bought his kid roller skates when the kid turned
 RN> five -- Well, that Jap got a present when he was five: only it was a
 RN> dagger. His old man gave it to him so he would know right off what he
 RN> was supposed to be in life. [Grant goes on to say that Japanese kids
 RN> were taught the skills of war at a young age] . . . and by the time
 RN> he's 13, he can put a machine gun together blindfolded. That Jap was
 RN> started on the road 20 years ago to putting a knife in Mike's back.
 RN> And a lot more Mikes are going to die until we wipe out a system that
 RN> puts daggers in the hands of five-year-old children. That's what Mike
 RN> died for: more roller skates in this world -- even some for the next
 RN> generation of Japanese kids.

Which wasn't a line of bull, either.

                R\%/itt

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