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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (26482)4/26/2004 5:25:46 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) of 93284
 
What about Tokyo? Interesting question. It might have let us get by with one bomb, which might have killed just as many people.

Maybe, not sure what the population of Tokyo was after the firebombing. How about two nukes in unpopulated [but visible] areas and then the threat of a bomb on Tokyo? Does the emperor surrender then; is there still an attempted coup? Does the coup succeed? If the coup does succeed are the Japanese people loyal to an army that overthrew the emperor?

To some extent, the argument made about the loss of life in an invasion supposes that the total head count of Hiroshima/Nagysaki wasn't the deciding factor for the emperor. You are claiming that the Japanese emperor would be willing to take far more casualities in an invasion.

jttmab
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