Subj : atomic bomb question
To   : PETER BRADIE
From : FRANK SCHEIDT
Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 09:50 am

-=> Quoting Peter Bradie to Bob Klahn <=-

 BK>  Remember, the Emporer was a figurehead, and wasn't really in
 BK>  favor of war anyway.

 PB> More revisionist history Bob?  Hirohito could have stopped Tojo and
 PB> the  other militarists, had he been so inclined, just by telling them
 PB> that  he disagreed with their plans.  He was as culpable as they were,
 PB> but more  convenient to keep alive after the war, in order to pacify
 PB> Japan. -!-

I think it was a wise move after the war to let Hirohito continue 
to "rule" Japan.  The population was probably more easily 
pacified that way.

.... "A very gentle Beast, and of a good conscience." ÄÄ Shakespeare

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