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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (516992)	9/29/2009 11:28:16 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578095

"Something had to end the war, there was no end in site and the nukes ended it." I don't consider myself scholarly enough to take a stand on that but I've heard others claim differently. Many claim the tide had turned and it was a matter of time. The numbers of dead would have been less without the A-bomb but it would have been more equal between allies and enemies. The strongest modern argument for having used the A-Bomb is that it was a convincing deterant for 50 years when sabors were being rattled. There was no longer a question about whether or not anyone would really use it and how devastating that would be. Too big of a cost for any Empire wannabees to pay. "I understand the problem, I would not want to go back to the days of targeting civilians. " There are lots of things civilizations have done in the past that none of us want to see again. I feel no shame in expressing my regrets, how else are we supposed to move on to better ways. "But I also can envision circumstances where it would be the only way to bring about an end to the fighting." Thank God for imagination. If we can imagine a worse case scenario, with a little effort we can also imagine ways to rise above it. By the way, I'm not a pacifist. If its a good fight or a worthy cause, stand up and go for it. If its something petty, walk away and live to fight another day.