A quote from the psychopath Henry Truman who threw 2 nukes on Japan ----— Turner Catledge, “Our Policy Stated”, New York Times, June 24, 1941, pp. 1, 7, - Kotaku In Action 2

posted 99 days ago by ger111 99 days ago by ger111 +78 / -4

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– ApparentlyImAHeretic 2 points 99 days ago +9 / -7

A fucking screenshot

granted, the source article predates online publication so archiving this is a bit of a chore.

I can confirm that New York Times attributed this quote to Truman in their obituary of him. https://archive.is/BOGXj

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– AntonioOfVenice 9 points 99 days ago +9 / -0

This quote is very well-known, he may be forgiven for using a screenshot.

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– ApparentlyImAHeretic 4 points 99 days ago +5 / -1

I guess my history of Truman is not very good, it was the first I heard of it

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– yoisi 8 points 99 days ago +8 / -0

i don't think its well known. I don't know where he got the idea that its a "well known quote"

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– AntonioOfVenice 7 points 99 days ago +7 / -0

That I've encountered it in several WW2 books.

I didn't mean that the average man on the street is likely to know it.

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