In Reply to: Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... posted by Rick Bennett on May 24, 2001 at 18:23:25:
Well, all I can say is that it was an inhumane thing to do, even though it saved a lot of American lives.
Japanese commited terrible atrocities in the war, but I don't know if that justified the A-bombs the way they were used...
Perhaps if the US dropped 5 of these in the remote areas it would make Japanese command surrender...
400,000 Americans died in WWII.
Almost 35,000 died in Korean conflict.
Almost 60,000 died in Vietnam.
Why weren't the A-bombs used on people after 1945 if it was such a sure way of ending all kinds of wars and sparing the lives of American soldiers and grief to their mothers?
Would the US have used the A-boms again, if the US was the only country in the world to possess them? Consequently, if I remember correctly, presidential candidate McGovern wanted to use A-bombs(or H-bombs) in Vietnam. Luckily he was landslided by Nixon...
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- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Dmitry 22:24:14 05/24/01 (32)
- a bit of history.... - late 12:06:15 05/25/01 (3)
- Re: a bit of history.... - Bruce from DC 13:14:46 05/26/01 (1)
- that's what he said, and he usually meant what he said - late 16:21:47 05/26/01 (0)
- Re: a bit of history.... - Dmitry 13:12:12 05/25/01 (0)
- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Nick 04:02:42 05/25/01 (27)
- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Victor Khomenko 08:00:09 05/25/01 (26)
- Saved Japanese lives also - SR 11:52:42 05/25/01 (7)
- arrogant and patronizing. - Mellson 15:33:31 06/02/01 (3)
- Re: arrogant and patronizing. - SR 18:31:49 06/02/01 (2)
- The way u explain your stupidity.. - Mellson 12:41:51 06/03/01 (1)
- Stupidity ? - SR 11:42:22 06/04/01 (0)
- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Dmitry 09:32:31 05/25/01 (16)
- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Victor Khomenko 10:01:50 05/25/01 (15)
- Re: Actually, by 'natives' I was referring to.... - Dmitry 13:09:36 05/25/01 (14)
- Re: 'the most horrid invention in history'... - gnat 02:11:00 05/26/01 (3)
- Meant to ask you... - Victor Khomenko 09:09:36 05/26/01 (2)
- Re: sorry countryman,... - gnat 09:15:58 05/26/01 (1)
- Then ask your daughter! - Victor Khomenko 09:54:14 05/26/01 (0)
- Dilemas - Victor Khomenko 15:10:46 05/25/01 (9)
- Re: Lemmas, more like :)) - Dmitry 20:42:22 05/25/01 (0)
- nuclear policy - late 20:32:13 05/25/01 (7)
- Never satisfied - Bruce from DC 14:01:05 05/26/01 (6)
- August 15 1940- a seemingly insignificant date. - john dem 17:44:02 05/26/01 (3)
- Supposedly........ - Chris Garrett 02:21:44 05/29/01 (2)
- Re: Supposedly........ - john dem 06:03:22 05/29/01 (0)
- stimulus/response - late 16:42:12 05/26/01 (1)
- way off topic here, but so what . . . - Bruce from DC 17:34:21 05/26/01 (0)
- Ouch!- That felt like a nail getting hit on the head! - john dem 08:30:17 05/25/01 (0)