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To: Neocon who wrote (446327)8/21/2003 4:56:14 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
In the culture of Japan that city was a defensive position filled with defenders. Attacking defended facilities behind enemy lines is a normal tactic.

Japan was a country totally mobilized for war. You seem to wish to apply you thinking of things today to a different time and your thinking and logic do not apply



To: Neocon who wrote (446327)8/21/2003 5:49:21 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
<<Those cities were not military targets, period..........>>

In a way Nagasaki was. Big ship building port. Then again they were out of materials so they couldn't build a skiff with an outboard. Nagasaki was actually the secondary target of the day. The first was fogged in ...


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