The Nuking of Nagasaki: Even More Immoral and Unnecessary than Hiroshima

[BackAgain]

Hardly.

Oh give it a rest.

 

[BackAgain]

"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

So? It was not yet post 1945 at the time.

 

[Unkotare]

Oh give it a rest.

No thanks.

 

[Unkotare]

So? It was not yet post 1945 at the time.

Do you agree with the terms of the International law of armed conflict?

 

[Cellblock2429]

I've read far more history books of all kinds than you've ever read anything.

/——/ Then you understand the Japanese mindset of that time.

 

[BackAgain]

No thanks.

No really. You’re often right about many things. But you're way off base in this one.

 

[BackAgain]

Do you agree with the terms of the International law of armed conflict?

The ones now in existence? Kind of irrelevant.

 

[Unkotare]

/——/ Then you understand the Japanese mindset of that time.

I do, and it was not the cartoon stereotype some seem to think.

 

[Unkotare]

No really. You’re often right about many things. But your way off base in this one.

In what way?

 

[Unkotare]

The ones now in existence? Kind of irrelevant.

Do you agree with those principles?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Do you agree with the terms of the International law of armed conflict?

Yeah, the Russians abided by that in Ukraine. Bill Clinton and NATO abided by that in Yugoslavia. What good is a fucking law with no enforcement?

 

[BackAgain]

In what way?

Your position is the claim that the bombings didn’t save lives. You’re very much mistaken. Of course it did. No less tragic and horrifying. But still. It is effectively certain that it saved maybe over a million lives.

 

[Unkotare]

Absurd ^^^

 

[Unkotare]

Your position is the claim that the bombings didn’t save lives. .....

Over 200,000 people, mostly civilians, killed is "saving lives"? Are you insane?

 

[Unkotare]

.... It is effectively certain that it saved maybe over a million lives.

NO, it isn't.

 

[Weatherman2020]

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.

Fuck you for wishing the Japanese could have continued their rapes and murders of civilians even a second longer, let alone the years you demand.

It’s ‘teachers’ like you that I mock who shouldn’t be allowed within a thousand feet of any school.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Over 200,000 people, mostly civilians, killed is "saving lives"? Are you insane?

Combatants, shitforbrains. 200,000 combatants.

 

[Weatherman2020]

I don't see anyone rationalizing, justifying, or excusing war crimes committed by the Japanese military.

No, just let them rape and murder for as long as they wish.
Freak.

 

[Unkotare]

Fuck you for wishing the Japanese could have continued their rapes and murders of civilians even a second longer...

I have never said anything even remotely like that, you lying sack of shit. You just revealed your utter lack of character. What a disgrace.

 

[Unkotare]

Combatants, shitforbrains. 200,000 combatants.

95% civilians.