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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a "folly".

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

You know what's a "folly"? Not recognizing your war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Agreed. We dont hear enough for the US to confess to its war crimes, many of which are still going on today.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (8 children)

See, that's the funny part: When the US bombs a hospital, it makes international headlines for at least a week. And the US acknowledges what happened. Same as when they accidentally shoot down a passenger plane.

In contrast, when russia shoots down a passenger plane, they deny that it even happened. And when they bomb a hospital, it's part of systematic hospital bombing campaigns like in syria or ukraine and they bomb one hospital every 2-3 days. And it doesn't make any headlines at all.

That's the difference between war crimes committed by the US and war crimes committed by, say, russia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The US can't even fess up and and rectify the sysyemic violence happening domestically to its first nation people, blacks and people of colour. How about they begin there and then atone for what they've done to the rest of the world. Ukraine is a US proxy war with Russia. And war keeps the US rich and powerful. Couple that with a crumbling education system, social support and religion and you have a decent supply of young men and woment to enlist. Nobody outside the US would buy the nonsense you just spewed. Go pick your cherries elsewhere.

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