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To: Cogito who wrote (61518)	4/24/2008 2:20:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 542129

Would an invasion that would have killed more innocent civilians have been morally defensible? In general terms I'd agree that mass city attacks aren't morally defensible. But in the case of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and just possibly Tokyo, they may have shocked the enemy enough to end the war and save lives, and likely saved lives even if your only counting civilians (and I do not think you should only count civilians)

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