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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3764)10/9/2001 1:36:45 PM
From: Area51  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
In any event equating the Nuclear attack on Japan with an act of terrorism is pure nonsense. It may have been a questionable military decision (especially the second bomb). Quite possibly we could have defeated Japan without it. Whether the total toll on life would have been less or greater is pure speculation. Certainly many more U.S lives would have been sacrificed. (It is not inconceivable that Japan could have delayed enough to develop it's own bomb and there is no doubt that that they would not have hesitated to use it against us and possibly achieved victory).

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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3764)10/9/2001 1:41:41 PM
From: FaultLine  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
MacArthur, Eisenhower, and the rest of the military establishment knew and stated at the time that Japan was thoroughly crushed and on the verge of surrender.

I think they knew Japan would never surrender without an American invasion of Honshu and Kyushu and what a horrible, bloody affair that would be.

(Aside: Everyone agrees this is one of those endless debates that will continue down through history and so...what are we trying to get at here?)

--fl


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