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Skriven 2005-08-07 21:53:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
Ärende: atomic bomb question
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Hello Ross,

>AH>With the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs in the
>AH>news, I have a question.  Were there military bases, or small islands
>AH>around the main islands, that could have been targetted instead of the
>AH>two cities?  If so, would the explosions of the bombs on such places
>AH>have convinced the Japanese to surrender?  *adh*

RC>Shouda, couda, wouda...

RC>The Japanese were indeed bracing for a invasion of the main islands, after a
RC>we had already invaded their southern most island of Okinawa, I need not rem
RC>you of the casualties suffered there.

The Japanese high command had offered to surrender a full month
before mass murderer Harry S Truman ordered atomic bombs to be dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

RC>They were preparing to fight a resistance with every last woman, child or
RC>elderly citizen.

That is laughable, considering the Japanese high command had offered
to surrender a full month before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.

RC>Lets talk about death tolls.

140,000 vaporized in Hiroshima.  Another 100,000 or so maimed, wounded,
or dying of cancer.  80,000 vaporized in Nagasaki.  Many thousands more
maimed, wounded, or dying of cancer.

All thanks to the genocidal maniac, Harry S Truman.

RC>We could have fought the war to a conventional end, there would have been
RC>collateral damage done to the civilian population as well, we would have los
RC>alot more soldiers and one has to wonder how many japanese would have commit
RC>suicide like they did on Tarrawa.

Being that the Japanese high command had already offered to surrender a
full month before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there
would have been no "invasion" - only the Allies having an occupational
force present in Japan.

RC>The Japanese wanted to take alot of our boys down with them, when they saw t
RC>we could take alot more of them down without taking alot of us down, that is
RC>what convinced them to surrender.

The Japanese had already been defeated, Tokyo being nothing more
than a pile of rubble, along with other Japanese cities, the navy
was no more, with the Japanese high command offering to surrender
a full month before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

RC>Oh and Hiroshima did house a military training base.

Hiroshima was never a military target at any time during WWII
(except on August 6, 1945 - if you consider innocent civilians a
target), and had no munitions plants or factories, etc.  Like most
other japanese cities, I'm sure it had the equivalent of an ROTC.
But that does not qualify a city as a legitimate military target.

Now Pearl Harbor was a legitimate military target...

--Lee


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