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My wifes' Grandfather was at Hiroshima. He said Japan wasn't going to surrender unless America dropped the bomb.
But the heck with that, you wanna' see my NCAA Tournament picks?
I think the point still stands----civilian deaths from US firebombing far surpassed those of the nukes.
I think the point still stands----civilian deaths from US firebombing far surpassed those of the nukes.
The point is offensive. Trivializing a nuclear attack by comparing it to civilian deaths in thousands of firebomb raids is insane.
I think the point still stands----civilian deaths from US firebombing far surpassed those of the nukes.
The point is offensive. Trivializing a nuclear attack by comparing it to civilian deaths in thousands of firebomb raids is insane.
Offensive to whom ? Civilian deaths are horrifying whether it be by firebombing, nukes or sticks. There were more --way more that came from US firebombing. Are you trying to disguise that ?
The point is offensive. Trivializing a nuclear attack by comparing it to civilian deaths in thousands of firebomb raids is insane.
Offensive to whom ? Civilian deaths are horrifying whether it be by firebombing, nukes or sticks. There were more --way more that came from US firebombing. Are you trying to disguise that ?
You people better get hold of yourselves if you still think a nuclear attack, even back in 1945, is fine as long as the casualties are on a par with about 2,000 conventional bombing missions.
Did you not read what I wrote? My wife's Grandfather was at Hiroshima. He said America HAD to do it because Japan was NOT going to surrender.My wifes' Grandfather was at Hiroshima. He said Japan wasn't going to surrender unless America dropped the bomb.
But the heck with that, you wanna' see my NCAA Tournament picks?
Japan was a defeated country. It had no navy left and no air defenses. We were bombing the country in daylight raids 24/7. We wouldn't even consider it under any circumstances today but for the sake of argument let's say the A-Bomb was a legitimate last resort when negotiation failed. The problem with the legend is that Truman never tried to negotiate with the Japanese holdouts. Japan was trying to negotiate with Stalin when 180,000 civilians were killed in a single blast and another 40,000 were incinerated a couple of days later. The most important issue according to the Japanese was preventing the emperor from being tried and executed and ironically that issue was conceded after the bombs were dropped.
Did you not read what I wrote? My wife's Grandfather was at Hiroshima. He said America HAD to do it because Japan was NOT going to surrender.My wifes' Grandfather was at Hiroshima. He said Japan wasn't going to surrender unless America dropped the bomb.
But the heck with that, you wanna' see my NCAA Tournament picks?
Japan was a defeated country. It had no navy left and no air defenses. We were bombing the country in daylight raids 24/7. We wouldn't even consider it under any circumstances today but for the sake of argument let's say the A-Bomb was a legitimate last resort when negotiation failed. The problem with the legend is that Truman never tried to negotiate with the Japanese holdouts. Japan was trying to negotiate with Stalin when 180,000 civilians were killed in a single blast and another 40,000 were incinerated a couple of days later. The most important issue according to the Japanese was preventing the emperor from being tried and executed and ironically that issue was conceded after the bombs were dropped.
He was Japanese.
He was there.
You were not.
Offensive to whom ? Civilian deaths are horrifying whether it be by firebombing, nukes or sticks. There were more --way more that came from US firebombing. Are you trying to disguise that ?
You people better get hold of yourselves if you still think a nuclear attack, even back in 1945, is fine as long as the casualties are on a par with about 2,000 conventional bombing missions.
Explain why the nuclear attacks were somehow worse/better than the firebombings.