Personal Narrative: 20/20 Vision Of America
Hind sight is 20/20 vision. If we knew then what we know now, would we have done anything differently? Sadly we’ll never know and throwing our hands up in the air and shouting “boo” and “atrocities” or “lets punish Japanese and American commanders, naval officers, and flight lieutenants” will be of no use whatsoever. Afterall, what is done is done. We can’t undo it. Now all we can do is move forward carefully, having learned from the horrors of the past.
America was the “new, rich kid” country, and deserved their hard earned power. They had fought to establish ranches, find gold, whilst living in appalling mining towns. These men were never going to back down. They didn’t during the pioneering days and they wouldn’t now for the Japanese. Not …show more content…
They were both driven to die for what they believed in. It was basically trying to win an argument with a mirror reflection of yourself. So when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, was it truly a ‘mistake’ that the American navy were out that day, or was it done to show America their power. But what was clear to the Americans was that Japan had “flexed their muscles”. So naturally the Americans were now outrage and so their knee jerk reaction was retaliation.
I have considered the fact that the Americans could’ve dropped the bombs into the ocean without harming as many people while still showing their power but bombing in the ocean would have undoubtedly created tsunamis which would, in itself kill millions. But the question still remains- bomb the ocean and destroy their coastline, still kill millions, and poison all life in the oceans or drop the bombs on to Japan itself. The outcome would still be the same.
If only we had taken a bit more time to think about one of Winston Churchill’s famous quotes “jaw, jaw. Not war, war”. We would all be better off, now and then.
Do I think there was still another option at the time given the countries mentality? Sadly, no.
To me now we must worry more about the fact that countries like China, Pakistan, as well as several others are still playing around with these bombs. The past is done and nothing we do now will change
America was the “new, rich kid” country, and deserved their hard earned power. They had fought to establish ranches, find gold, whilst living in appalling mining towns. These men were never going to back down. They didn’t during the pioneering days and they wouldn’t now for the Japanese. Not …show more content…
They were both driven to die for what they believed in. It was basically trying to win an argument with a mirror reflection of yourself. So when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, was it truly a ‘mistake’ that the American navy were out that day, or was it done to show America their power. But what was clear to the Americans was that Japan had “flexed their muscles”. So naturally the Americans were now outrage and so their knee jerk reaction was retaliation.
I have considered the fact that the Americans could’ve dropped the bombs into the ocean without harming as many people while still showing their power but bombing in the ocean would have undoubtedly created tsunamis which would, in itself kill millions. But the question still remains- bomb the ocean and destroy their coastline, still kill millions, and poison all life in the oceans or drop the bombs on to Japan itself. The outcome would still be the same.
If only we had taken a bit more time to think about one of Winston Churchill’s famous quotes “jaw, jaw. Not war, war”. We would all be better off, now and then.
Do I think there was still another option at the time given the countries mentality? Sadly, no.
To me now we must worry more about the fact that countries like China, Pakistan, as well as several others are still playing around with these bombs. The past is done and nothing we do now will change