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To: SofaSpud who wrote (2360)	4/9/2003 12:49:01 AM
From: seismic_guru	Read Replies (1) of 37140

Continuing on the tanget.......Of course if you ask the Japanese, they usually wonder why the 2nd bomb on nagasaki was dropped. The message was delivered loud and clear with the first one. Of course if it happened today it would most likely be considered a war crime. I guess they just didn't surrender fast enough. The Japanese were suing for peace at the time the bombs were dropped and the war was all but over, but had not agreed to unconditional surrender as the americans had wanted. I know that at one time during the same deliberations of whether to launch an all out invasion of the Japanese home islands, some consideration was given to arranging a demonstration for the Japanese of an atomic bomb test. With the message, surrender or else. It probally would have worked, but then it was tossed out due mainly to the fears that the bombs wouldn't work as planned (thus losing face), plus the fact that at that time only 2 bombs existed. Plus it was decided that dropping the bombs would also send a clear message to the Russians.

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