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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (55457)8/30/2000 9:36:01 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 71178
 
<<Have you ever wondered why so much objection was made to atomic bombs, when as many Japanese civilians perished from conventional bombing? >>

One therory, and this didn't have to do with saving people, was if we didn't use the bomb Uncle Joe Stalin would think it didn't work and wouldn't build some.

<<Surrender wasn't exactly paramount in Japanese thinking.>>

They had never lost a war so the idea didn't compute.