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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Walkingshadow who wrote (202531)	11/14/2001 2:39:42 AM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

"Personally, I call that worse than simply a wasted effort. It is flat wrong, particularly in light of the fact that both wars were already over." A very harsh judgment through the retrospectroscope. The fact is that the Japanese cost us many casualties because they fought to the death. There were estimates that the invasion of Japan would cost millions in combined casualties. I don't think the estimates for Germany were that high but we were going to lose many more casualites. It was believed that if bombing the cities hastened the end of the war, more lives and particularly the lives of Amereicans would be saved. Also, there are those who would disagree with your interpretation of the effectiveness of the bombing of cities, although many do agree with you. Also, in judging the actions of our military, you totally ignore the fact that there was no real experience to look back on as WWII was the first war where air power was significant. Lastly, although the A Bomb was not carpet bombing, it certainly did end the war. Little joe