Posted on 08/07/2004 7:41:33 AM PDT by em2vn
Actually, dropping the bomb was the humanitarian choice. Had the Marines been called on to invade Japan, the leaders of Japan would have whipped their citizens into a frenzy as they had done on Okinawa.
Their were 200,000 civilians and military dead on Okinaw and the US military was not frightened by the prospect of a repeat on the main island. The US Marines would have done their job and decimated Japan. Only instead of the correct definition of decimate (1 in 10). It would have been 9.95 out of 10 dead.
Dropping the bomb allowed members of the Japanese leadership to convince the war party to back down. And, that almost failed to another coup.
There are a lot of Japanese alive today because we had the courage to do the right thing.
Another tragic victim of publick edgeoocayshun pipes up.
I don't think it's hard to size this guy up. We're supposedly a pariah state, but North Korea is just seeking insurance.
As hard as it is to fathem for those who attack other nations, 's' happens to those who do so.
The U.S. wasn't even in WWII until some panty-waste nation decided to attack it without provocation. Where's the tears for those who died at Pear Harbor?
The spinning by the camps of the evil never stops.
Ask the guys that fought at Iwo Jima and other places in the Pacific what they forsaw would be needed to conquer every inch of Japan. Recall the suicide missions and the oath the Japanese military swore to never give up and hold out to the last man.
Just remember, even the Hiroshima nuclear bomb did not convince Japan to surrender. When confronted with that measure of loss, Japanese leaders opted to refuse to capitulate, causing a second bomb to be dropped. How's that for clear and reasoned thinking? Doesn't that convince you that they were about ready to surrender anyway?
Spin, spin, spin, it's gone global.
remember pearl harbor?
And what type of surrender do you recommend for the nation that attacked in the first place, the surrender of a nation dictating terms?
Lordy!
Their = There (dohh)
You got that right!
Actually, they surrendered in part because Hirohito did not want to be occupied by the Red Army, who had just crushed the Japanese forces in Manchuria, and were poised to invade.
The leftists in this country, along with the Japanese, have been spreading this lie since August 1945. It is to be expected that some people will actually believe it.
We had broken the Japanese code. We were listening to everything they were saying. Everything. If they were even considering surrender, we would have known it. They weren't.
You are wrong. I've seen some of the Pacific islands where the Japanese fought fanatical battles to the last man. Invading the home islands would have been catastrophic.
I love Japan. I love Japanese culture and I have my fair share of Japanese friends.
With that said, Japan deserved what it got. It was a militant, imperialist power that attacked us and would have done the same, if not worse, had it had the chance to do so. Those bombs brought to an end a bloody war that the Japanese were foolish enough to start in the first place in their desire for conquest and power.
The Japanese, at that point had a lurid fear of it, fully rational or not. In the end, after the bombs and the attemp[ted palace coup, thety preferred to be occupied by American troops.
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