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Lexington Herald-Leader | 08/07/2005 | Hiroshima survivors fear lesson is being lost
"The survivors, whose suffering had long made them Japan's most eloquent advocates for pacifism, said recent policy changes inside Japan had made them deeply pessimistic.
'The dispatch of our Self-Defense Forces to Iraq is completely out of line with pacifism,' said Akihiro Takahashi, an A-bomb survivor and former director of the Peace Memorial Museum here. 'In the future, the peace constitution will no doubt be revised, and that will lead to conscription and, eventually, the possession of nuclear arms.'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"The survivors, whose suffering had long made them Japan's most eloquent advocates for pacifism, said recent policy changes inside Japan had made them deeply pessimistic.
'The dispatch of our Self-Defense Forces to Iraq is completely out of line with pacifism,' said Akihiro Takahashi, an A-bomb survivor and former director of the Peace Memorial Museum here. 'In the future, the peace constitution will no doubt be revised, and that will lead to conscription and, eventually, the possession of nuclear arms.'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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