Touch me. Touch me like you didn't touch me last night.

THINGS THEY DON'T TEACH US IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS:

The actual anniversary was yesterday.

65 years ago the United States committed a war crime against Japan by firebombing ordinary citizens in Tokyo.

100,000 civilians died by explosion and fire, the largest number from any attack during the entirety of the war.

I wish I could be surprised that war crimes like this were ignored during/after the the hostilities ended, not to mention that as part of an agreement signed by Japan in 1951, nobody in that country could sue over it being a war crime. But I'm not surprised.

100,000 civilians dead, simply for the crime of being citizens in a country at war. Save for the usual warmonger cries of "they should have stopped their government" or "destabilizing a population is part of war," there was little-to-no significant military reasons for the attack.

This article is from five years ago, but it tell you what you NEED to know.

MARCH 10, 1945: The Firebombing of Tokyo

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BEHIND THE SCENES: I had to do seven sketches to get the right look for the gynosplosion.

Via mitdasein , one of the reasons I dislike our military.

(  Soldier, After Bipolar Treatment and Suicide Attempts, Sent Back to War Zone... )

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If you feel like discussing this in the comments, please avoid any and all "isolated incidents" remarks.

If our military is as organized as it is said to be, then shit like this SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

"Isolated incident" seems to be code for "shit, we got caught."

As always, blatantly insulting or douchebaggish comments will be frozen or deleted.

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Dear General Petraeous,

I would like to politely submit the following fact.

WHEN YOU SAY "DRAWBACK OF TROOPS" WE KNOW THAT THIS MEANS "TROOP WITHDRAWAL."

CHANGING THE WORDS TO SOMETHING THAT MEANS THE SAME THING?
IT'S NOT FUCKING FOOLING US, JACKASS.

Respectfully,

Love,

benjamin sTone

PS -- You want ketchup with your goddamned words?

You ever wonder if it's better to say that you support the soldiers, but not the war or the army? Or the army, but not the war and soldiers? What exactly are the exact semantics?

Watch this--and thank city_of_dis for bringing it up--and discuss. Stick with it for the completely superfluous moment at 1 min. 45 seconds. Now pretend that's your church. Your tiny little Methodist church. And that's what they're talking about. Your church. Or your house.




And don't give me any "these are isolated jackasses" comments. How many times do we need to hear that bullshit excuse? What are the odds that they needed to do that? What are the odds that we just HAPPENED to come across "isolated jackasses" in the sky and on the ground at the same time?

How many videos of this shit do we need to see?
How many videos of this shit do we NOT GET TO SEE?

I only have the 1971 version with me on my iPod, and not the 2000 update (which I prefer, in which his voice has mellowed and deepened), but the original works fine.

I was inspired to post it from something septicemic said about anti-war songs, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the like. I modified the original intent a bit, but here you go.

"Sam Stone" - John Prine

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