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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Neocon who wrote (808)12/19/2002 3:03:03 PM
From: zonder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15992
 
I am not sure if you can argue successfully that the complete annihilation of the civilian populations of two Japanese cities were "called by the circumstances", especially since the circumstances suggest (quite strongly) that the Japanese were ready to surrender. I remember reading quite a few quotes that mentioned this.