July 2003

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1. Nuclear weapons were needed to defeat Japan in World War II. It is widely believed, particularly in the United States, that the use of nuclear weapons against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to defeat Japan in World War II. This is not, however, the opinion of the leading US military figures in the war, including General Dwight Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, General Hap Arnold and Admiral William Leahy. General Eisenhower, for example, who was the Supreme Allied Commander Europe during World War II and later US president, wrote, „I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced [to Secretary of War Stimson] my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use...
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Inledningsanförande vid offentligt mötei Folkets hus, Helsingborg, 7 maj 2003 TFF rådgivare 3 juli 2003 Det lär finnas tre slags utbildning – INBILLAD UTBILDNING. UTBILDAD INBILLNING – OCH FOLKBILDNING! Det är med goda folkbildningsambitioner jag här tar till orda. Ett lydigt folk är förvisso bekvämare än ett olydigt. Men det är olydnaden som bevarar vår demokrati. Det är modet och viljan att ställa frågor som håller vårt politiska system vitalt. Den senaste tidens oroande världshändelser visar varför folkbildningen behövs i framtiden. Att den måste våga stå fri och modig och våga vara ett forum där praktiska demokratiska ideal råder. Där det inte är farligt att ifrågasätta makten. För visst är vi olydiga när vi samlas med plakat och slagord för att göra Sveriges och världens politiker uppmärksamma på att vi inte uppskattar att de förvandlar FN och världen till en sandlåda. I alla fall är det svårt att uppfatta det på något...
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By If Usama bin Laden is still alive – and the indications are that he is – he must be feeling very pleased with himself, because his terrible terrorist activities are beginning to bear fruit, and his main aim of polarising the world and creating a clash of civilisations is on the point of fruition. His call to the Muslims of the world “you are either with the faithful believers or with the infidels”, seems to have been echoed by President Bush’s insistence that “you are either with us or with the terrorists.” Last summer I visited the United States after many years. I was very pleased to find that the Americans have regained their composure after the dreadful events of 11th September and that they are the same positive, optimistic, friendly and hospitable people that they have always been. At the same time, I found some signs of hardening...