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

To: The Philosopher who wrote (43006)	1/30/2002 1:39:48 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

You are simply deflecting from the points. You had made the silly comment that dropping the last two bombs is possibly what saved us from defeat. Such an assertion is beyond ridiculous. Yes there were Kamikaze, and yes there was still army which probably could have been quite intransigent in a guerilla war, but were helpless before the air campaign and a naval blockade. Japan had no hope or prospect of winning anything. They only hope they ever had was if they had occupied Hawaii at the very beginning. By the time the States got out of that pin, Russia probably would have dominated the world. The only reason some of the Japanese fanatics wanted to continue fighting is because they hoped against hope that the Americans would give them the opportunity of guerilla warfare. If allies had landed and engaged in hand to hand upon the islands, lives would of course be lost. This was the only leverage the fanatics felt could be used to convince the Americans to modify the surrender terms to preserve their Emperor God. Those in charge of the bombing, and others who were priviledged to witness the war rooms have reported that there were essentially no tragets remaining that were known. Of course there were many soldiers left on the islands in various locations, often in underground areas. The argument is not about whether their were people left on the islands who could still fight. Certainly, there were many. But your contention that these "MIGHT" have overrun America (and Canada, you said), except for the testing of the atom bombs, is simply an example of willful ignorance. There were no working ports where warships could refuel and resupply They had no warships. I believe there were two left at dry dock, covered and being used as aircraft hangar. They had no gas. Japan was totally blockaded. There WAS no navy. THere WAS no air force. THere was only the army.