Charles Sweeny, the pilot who dropped the a-bomb called "Fat Man"on Nagasaki, died last week at 84. Charles was a plumbers son who after killing over 70,000 people retired peacefully and raised 10 children and was a grandfather of 23. He vigorously defended his and his countries actions and looked upon it as his duty to the 2,000 men who perished in Pearl Harbor. In reference to the 210,000 murdered in both bomb drops, Sweenie's co-pilot commented in 1995, "While thousands died, I feel sure the bombs had to be dropped because, if the Americans had been forced to invade Japan, it would have been a blood bath." So instead of the "bloodbath" this country so proudly gave those people injuries and morbid deaths such as this fat nation could never have imagined. Priests collecting water from the burning lake to soothe the cries of people whose eyes had melted down their cheeks. the flower prints of kimonos burned into womens pale white skin. children evaporated by fire. animals, friends, mothers, teachers, old men.......nothing left whole, nothing left safe or unscathed...this is the work of america, land of the brave.