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To: Yogizuna who wrote (39638)	11/29/2001 1:51:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Since the terrible deed is already done and we can not change the past, the tendency is to justify it at all costs to save face. That's one tendency. It probably explains some of the spin at least in the decades immediately following the incident. I don't know that it explains all of it though, particularly now. It WAS a very long time ago and the issue has not continued to resurface as issues do when actions are particularly revolting. I have always pretty much accepted the official rationale, although I'm more than uncomfortable with dropping the second bomb so quickly, largely because there wasn't anything to be done about it after the fact. I don't see any point in the US kicking itself over it at this late date. It may not have been the best decision, but it was not an altogether unreasonable option in the context of the day. OTOH, I see plenty of reason to examine it to see how it informs future military actions--if we were in similar circumstances now, would we do it again, what it says about the role of civilians in war and terrorism, how it informs us on genocide, etc. Refusing to look at it as a case study to save face so much after the fact seems wrongheaded to me. Karen

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