Watching the last episode of Burns documentary reminded me so much of my mother. I remember her telling me how when the Americans came to Europes, the Americans were considered to be heroic liberators.
She also said she knows that it did happen (in Europe) and did not doubt it, as was said by several eyewitnesses in the Burns story. She also could not talk about what happened and just gave up trying, also true especially for the one young woman (Sascha W.) in the Burns story.
The documentary made me agree, possibly for the first time, that dropping the bomb statistically saved lives. I also did not know that in Japan, children and the elderly were fighting. It appeared that every single citizen would fight and not surrender, if it were not for the bomb.
As was also said by one of the people Burns interviewed, there will always be war, as it is part of human nature. My mother also agreed with that. I think we could redirect the impulse or at least try to.
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