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Publius — 12/7/2004 2:53:47 PM (archived)

The Tokyo firebombings were a failed attempt to get Japan to surrender. It didn't work.

Dropping "Fat Boy" and "Little Man" was an extreme presidential decision that worked and saved thousands of American lives.

War is not a pleasant event, and it is not a football game where chicken hawks can sit back, sip their beer and cheer for their team. Real people are dying, bleeding and being maimed for life. The fact that politics sometimes fail and war becomes unavoidable attests to the serious imperfections of mankind.

The rape of Nanking is one of the saddest chapters in man's inhumanity to man ever writ.

And it is interesting to note this event is not taught in Japanese schools, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on this date in 1941 is not taught either.

Publius

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Hiroshima group to hold 'tribunal' over U.S. A-bombings - Eric - 12/6/2004 8:35:38 PM
- The 'group' and their 'tribunal' are phony as $3 bills. (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 2:52:27 AM
- Right. How about trying the Japanese who murdered over 10 million Chinese civilians. Phooey. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/7/2004 12:01:15 AM
  - And how is that different from the American firebombing of Japanese civilians? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/7/2004 2:05:17 PM
    - Vastly.................... - Publius - 12/7/2004 2:53:47 PM
      - My brother's father-in-law was probably saved by the atomic bomb - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:13:13 PM
        
        Correction (Honshu is the main island of Japan) - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:18:24 PM
      - I'd respectfully disagree. - Bowser - 12/7/2004 3:24:27 PM
        
        re: I'd respectfully disagree. - gbaikie - 12/7/2004 5:58:24 PM
- Will they also consider ... - Larry J - 12/6/2004 9:03:30 PM
- Maybe the Chinese would like to chit-chat over Nanking? - ebnelson - 12/6/2004 8:51:53 PM
  - Don't you know? - Jacob Samorodin - 12/6/2004 10:13:34 PM
    - Tojo's grave - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:05:17 AM
      - re: We need to remember this lesson when we dispose of the bodies of Osama, Sadam, and their merry men. - Scott Evil - 12/7/2004 3:02:35 PM
        
        Pig chow - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:24:15 PM

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