FWD: Paul Tibbits, pilot of "Enola Gay", dead at 92

....From various news sources featuring differing outlooks here and
the

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1003667044

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...etsobit02.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/...ica/01obit.php

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-2703,00.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaT...30281520071101

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7349005

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...ack=crosspromo

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...476/-1/LOCAL17

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/...?section=world

http://news.scotsman.com/internation...?id=1747652007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../02/db0201.xml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7073588.stm

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...gay-pilot.html

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page...id/501695.html

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp... ttack:_facts

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...311020003/1001

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...H&Profile=1001

http://www.contracostatimes.com/nati...rld/ci_7350149

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/168/story/167256.html

Bottom Line: General, on behalf of those of us who didn't have to grow
up speaking Japanese and eating rice and fish heads on a daily basis,
and especially for those of us who happen to actually *be* here
because their fathers and grandfathers weren't killed invading Japan's
home islands, we thank you for your service. The hippies, peaceniks,
treehuggers and other yellow-bellied scumbags may forever curse your
name for simply following orders, but the rest of us know the reality
of the situation, and the necessity of dropping that bomb. The fact
that it took a *second* bomb to wake the Japs up to the need to
surrender before extinction was the clearest possible proof that this
was an enemy too wrapped up in misguided dogmatics to have gotten the
hint through anything negotiable, much less a full-out invasion.

Rest in peace, sir. You have earned it, as well as our undying
gratitude.

OM
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