Thomas, I don't agree with you... That's pretty obvious.
The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were committed against a Japanese population, engaged in a wholesale effort of manufacturing arms for the Japanese war machine. They WERE VALID military targets under such conditions of DECLARED war. Every Japanese home was part of the decentralized "cottage" arms industry.
FURTHERMORE, those bombings actually SAVED LIVES, both American and Japanese, because they negated the requirement for the US to engage in its planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, where US casualities alone, were estimated to be at least 500,000 personnel. Japanese casualties from such an invasion were conservatively estimated to be in the millions.
So the sacrifice of 150,000 was a small price to pay to avoid such a bloodbath.
And for you to make such a comparison is just ludicrous.
Finally, the attacks that were committed against the US yesterday were against non-military targets (except the Pentagon). They were committed against people who had NOTHING to do with the Palestinian issue, or anything else these terrorists believed justified conducting such a heinous attack.
It's just SICK that the manner in which you chose to reflect upon this tragedy, was in watching some movie about "manufacturing consent"...
But that's your right, and your business...
So pray tell, what tidbits of enlightenment did you glean from that Chomsky documentary, and how do you believe we should react to this unprovoked assault on innocent individuals where no war has been declared?
Hawkmoon |
