10-04-2006, 03:55 PM
Hi,
As to the "we set aside our morality" crap, give it a rest. Using the nukes was the correct decision. It stopped the war faster. In the balance, it saved lives. Yes, it even saved Japanese civilian lives, look up their 'sharpened bamboo spear' defense policy. More people were killed in the fire bombing of individual cities than in each of the nuclear strikes. It is only through the fear of all things nuclear brought about by the intelligentsia's ignorance of all things technical that the revisionist view of history that using the nukes then has come to be seen as somehow wrong.
--Pete
Quote:WWII was also set for a stalemate, until we set aside our morality and dropped a couple nukes on the people of Nagasaki and Hiroshimi.The invasion of Japan would have been expensive in terms of both American and Japanese lives, but in no way would it have been a stalemate. The character and mood of both nations at that time would have insured that only when Japan was willing to accept unconditional surrender would the war have ended. And the threat of the USSR actively becoming a participant in the invasion of Japan increased the pressure to surrender.
As to the "we set aside our morality" crap, give it a rest. Using the nukes was the correct decision. It stopped the war faster. In the balance, it saved lives. Yes, it even saved Japanese civilian lives, look up their 'sharpened bamboo spear' defense policy. More people were killed in the fire bombing of individual cities than in each of the nuclear strikes. It is only through the fear of all things nuclear brought about by the intelligentsia's ignorance of all things technical that the revisionist view of history that using the nukes then has come to be seen as somehow wrong.
Quote:The insurgency in Iraq believes that if they can shed enough American blood, aided by the outcry of the press, the Americans will lose their stomachs for fighting and the Jihadi's will win. How's their strategy working? Does the West have the will to stay and win? If we give up on Baghdad this time, where will we make a stand? Paris? Madrid? London? New York? Toronto? Does no one else see the consequences of appeasement and capitulation to the jihadis?Hmmm, let's see. Baghdad, their home where we're the unwanted invader and they have strong support. Paris, Madrid, London, New York, Toronto; not their home, where they are not wanted, where they have no meaningful support. Yes, I can see where the two are exactly alike. Clearly if we pull out of Iraq, the jihad will invade Rhode Island next week and bring Islam in on the point of a bayonet. Or maybe not?
--Pete
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