Ah. So training to kill and die for the Emperor makes them innocent bystanders!
As I correctly noted. It was a projection. It isn’t a “strange myth.”
ladailypost.com
Operation Overlord from June to August 44 resulted in over 425,000 Allied and German casualties.
What a dope.
Invasion or incinerating hundreds of thousands of civilians in an instant were not the only options.
Hardly.The Pacifist Term "Non-Combatant" Is a Contradiction in a Combat Zone
And killing OBL was not the only option too.
Tell us what civilians did on Okinawa.
That was a propaganda program meant to bolster the very much flagging support for the war among a starving and demoralized public. I have, in my time, spoken to many people who were alive at the time. People knew what it really was, and many scoffed at it in private. Participation was mandatory, but if the US Marines really rolled up on the beach nobody was gonna get their ass killed by trying to take out a Marine with a stick.
Propaganda from 77 years ago, meant for domestic consumption and here you are still falling for it.
Hilarious!"The international law of armed conflict has evolved considerably since 1945, and an attack like that against Hiroshima would be illegal today. It would violate three requirements of the law of armed conflict codified in the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions: to not intentionally attack civilians (the principle of distinction); to ensure that incidental damage against civilians is not excessive compared to the direct military advantage gained from an attack against a lawful target (the principle of proportionality), especially where, as here, the value of the identified military targets in Hiroshima was modest; and to take all feasible precautions to minimize collateral damage against civilians (the precautionary principle)."
Hiroshima and the Myths of Military Targets and Unconditional Surrender
Every year, in early August, new articles appear that debate whether the dropping of the atomic bombs in 1945 was justified. Earlier this month, the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, was no exception.www.lawfareblog.com
Okinawa is not and was not Honshu.
I don't see anyone rationalizing, justifying, or excusing war crimes committed by the Japanese military.
Look, I know you’re a teacher so obviously you’re oblivious to the real world, but in August 1945 the Japanese were raping and murdering civilians and our troops.
Why would that be?
How about fuck you for dragging the good name of The United States of America through the mud by trying to paint us as being at the same level of moral turpitude as the Axis Powers. We're better than that.
