To: LRS
They also were not informing him of the severity of the defeats. If I remember correctly, the emperor was considered a living god.
41 posted on
08/01/2005 8:00:14 PM PDT by
satchmodog9
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To: satchmodog9
What gets me, are those who think we could have negotiated a peace with these fanatics. If we had negotiated, and not dropped the bombs, there little doubt in my mind that Japan would have nuked us a few years later. There could have been but one conclusion to the war with Japan: removal from power of the fanatical sector of Japanese society, and that was only possible through unconditional surrender. We had to leave the Emperor in place to achieve it, but it was worth it. The A bombs may have seen horrible and cruel, but there was no other way...
47 posted on
08/01/2005 8:09:54 PM PDT by
LRS
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