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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (41501)	12/23/2001 5:36:23 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

"Solon" versus the truth... ("Solon"): The essence of my point, as you know, was the targeting of civilians in such a gruesome manner. On June 12, the Japanese legislature passed laws requiring military service from all males 15 to 60 and all females 17 to 40 years of age. The government declared martial law. Thus the Japanese homeland became a war zone and nearly all its adults became soldiers. ("Solon") : ...the war was over. Beginning in the spring of 1945, the Japanese military began to husband aircraft in the home islands. By mid-summer, Japan had over 6,000 planes available as kamikazes. The military had dispersed them to improvised airfields and planned to target not warships, but slow-moving, crowded troop transports and landing craft. On the ground, the Japanese army correctly guessed likely landing sites and prepared heavy defenses.