[Scythian]

No, it was morally wrong, think about it. Rather than fight thier army we killed thier women and children. I'm a hard core conservative but dropping atomic bombs on cities full of civilians so men don't have to fight is evil, in fact, it is what the terrorists are doing today.

[tanknetter]

No, it was morally wrong, think about it. Rather than fight thier army we killed thier women and children. I'm a hard core conservative but dropping atomic bombs on cities full of civilians so men don't have to fight is evil, in fact, it is what the terrorists are doing today.

Hiroshima was a military city being used as a staging point for the 2nd Army. Nagasaki was a major industrial center supporting the war effort (the superbattleship Musashi had been built there). The vast majority of their populations were actively involved in materially supporting the war effort. They were completely legitimate military targets.

Beyond that, if you look at the training that the public was receiving (women being trained to attack US soldiers with bamboo spears, children being taught how to strap explosives to themselves and charge US tanks), it becomes clear that there were few, if any, true "innocents" on the receiving end of the bomb. The ENTIRE Japanese populace, including womena and children, was being mobilized to fight.

[Scythian]

No, it was morally wrong, think about it. Rather than fight thier army we killed thier women and children. I'm a hard core conservative but dropping atomic bombs on cities full of civilians so men don't have to fight is evil, in fact, it is what the terrorists are doing today.

I would like to take this futher and pose this question.

Obviously Al-Dufus cannot mount an army that can challenge ours, but they could possibly kill millions of civilians, destroy our economy and possibly force us to surrender, or render it such that it doesn't matter whether we surrender or not. No, dropping the A-Bomb was wrong. If you cannot defeat an enemy you do not kill tens of thousands of women and children to force them to surrender. And how do you know if you can defeat an enemy until you've tried, all was not lost when we droppped them bomb

Flame on ...

[The Red Zone]

Funny that God in the O.T. didn't bother with that "your warriors against mine in an honor match" stuff. When He showed His wrath, it was "wipe 'em out till they say uncle" time.

[Reeses]

dropping atomic bombs on cities full of civilians so men don't have to fight is evil

It is foolish to take the position that nuking civilians is morally wrong and that we would never do it again. If we promised the civilian population of China that we would never nuke them, how much would they care if their military confronted us? They wouldn't have a dog in the fight and would be indifferent.

All the nations in the world need to clearly understand that if they threaten America, every man, woman, and child in their country runs the risk of getting nuked.