From: Cub Driver


But still very open to the public, if anybody wanted to create
a fuss they certainly could. But this would presume a broader and
deeper knowledge of history than most potential protesters have.

The average protestor probably doesn't even know that a nuclear weapon
was dropped on Nagasaki, let alone that Bockscar dropped it.

If you want to have some fun with a bright anti-warrior sometime, ask
her: "Say, how many world wars were there, anyhow?" and watch the
wheels spin.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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The same is true about the Holocaust. Most people only know the name Auschwitz
and I suspect a great many in the media who refer to a person or a group of
persons being "sent to Auschwitz" use it as a generic term. In the same way
most people know about the 6 million Jews but not the 6 million non Jews who
died in the camps etc.

Schools should teach a bit more history, but how much more? You have to keep it
age appropriate and fairly simple. I was taught the sinking of the Lusitania in
1915 got the U.S. into WW1 in 1917. Mention of the Zimmerman telegram would
have been nice to add to that.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired