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Politics : World Affairs Discussion
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To: TimF who wrote (2577)12/11/2002 2:41:41 PM
From: zonder  Read Replies (1) of 3959
 
And what about all the other points?

I didn't go into those, because you are for the most part arguing that it was not really clear that the Japanese would surrender, and I would rather not argue exactly why it was not necessary to incinerate yet another civilian city because of some uncertainty. The US could threaten to nuke the second time and wait to see if the surrender took place, but didn't.

And the "condition" you are talking about was a very Japanese one of honor - that their Emperor be left untouched or something, if I recall correctly. Hardly the grounds to reduce a city full of civilians to cinder sticks, in my humble opinion.

Besides, if we go into this, I will have to point out that a deliberate attack on a civilian city is a war crime according to the treaties signed by the US.

I wrote long posts on this subject in the Foreign Affairs Discussion Group. A quick search should fish them up.
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