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To: maceng2 who wrote (3813)	10/9/2001 2:54:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Pearly, with all due respect, we are not fighting WWII all over again. No one knew about radiation sickness when the bomb was dropped. No one really knew that it was more than just a big, big bomb.

To: maceng2 who wrote (3813)	10/9/2001 3:05:42 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Three points about the atom bombs: 1. Mass bombing of cities: London, Coventry, Berlin, Dresdin, Tokyo, etc, had already been practiced for years in WWII, with immense casualties. The fire bombing of Tokyo produced casualties higher that Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. So at the time, the moral questions didn't even occur to people because everyone had been in a total war for years already. 2. What was new and different about the atom bomb was not the effect, but how much bang you got for the buck. To get a firestorm using conventional weapons, you need hundreds of planes every night for a week with the weather conditions just right. With an atom bomb, one plane for one night will do it. 3. The effects of fallout and radiation took the army by surprise. This was something that had never been done before.