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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (65653)	9/10/2002 11:30:43 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

cary, I agree with that post on all three points. The point is though that bad things happened on Roosevelts watch too. FDR is a hero of mine because of how he handled himself in getting us into and thru the war. I agree on your assessment of Truman too. But Bush being evil is just too simplistic. You ahould say, "any politician who disagrees with me or agrees with Bush is evil" Thats what Repulican reactionaries thought of FDR and his supporters. You guys are just doing the opposite. If Bush was opposed to war with iraq, you would be for it. Read Clinton and Daschle in 1998 calling for war. What did you say then? mike

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (65653)	9/10/2002 12:28:41 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT I am curious as to why you say that "history has demonstrated" that Truman was probably wrong to think that dropping the A-bombs saved American lives. When you look at the casualty stats for Okinawa, which had a smaller population than the main island of Japan, it seems to me that you would have to come up with some pretty strong evidence in order to show that the conventional invasion that was planned would not have killed far more of both Americans and Japanese.

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (65653)	9/10/2002 5:44:35 PM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Couldn't help jumping in on this one: >Yes, Truman dropped the ABomb. Truman was the opposite of Bush and Ashcroft. He was an honest, decent man who placed the interests of the American people first. I would like to believe that he felt he was saving American lives. I think history has demonstrated that he was probably wrong.< History has demonstrated nothing of the kind. So called "historians" have speculated about the loss of life with/without dropping the bomb. Such speculation proves nothing, except that there are "historians" out there that should more correctly be called "revisionists". Regards, Knip