Hiroshima

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Hiroshima

BuckGalaxy — 4/4/2022 5:50:01 PM (archived)

And consider that dropping the atomic bomb on a city of no military value at all was in fact ordered from the top. 80k civilians killed. Why not a naval base? Why not a location that had significant Japanese forces? A war crime by any honest assessment, but does that even qualify as genocide?

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My Lai memories - ER - 4/4/2022 12:17:24 PM
- Mass murders vs Genocide - BuckGalaxy - 4/4/2022 5:38:20 PM
  - Well said. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:39:45 PM
    - Yup - RobVG - 4/4/2022 7:01:04 PM
- I've heard another assessment. - RobVG - 4/4/2022 5:21:40 PM
  - True, but where does it originate.? - ER - 4/4/2022 5:38:43 PM
    - Good points. - RobVG - 4/4/2022 6:58:40 PM
    - Hiroshima - BuckGalaxy - 4/4/2022 5:50:01 PM
      - I remember talking to an Italian who had survived WWII. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:58:22 PM
- how is not genocide? - Pebble - 4/4/2022 1:06:53 PM
  - A case can be made for the indiscriminate Russian bombardment of Ukranian cities. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:51:16 PM
    - think about your word - Pebble - 4/4/2022 7:00:45 PM
    - I never fired a shot during the Viet Nam conflict. - ER - 4/4/2022 6:22:32 PM

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