[wku man]

You raise a good point with the Nazis. No, they weren't good men, and their zeal and fanaticism got the better of them. The German people as a whole, even the Wehrmacht, weren't the fanatics the Nazis were, and realized the futility of continuing the fight. With Hitler gone, they were quick to surrender, though the fanatics fought on for a while as the Werewolves. they ranks were quickly thinned by putting any Werewolf caught againsta wall and promptly shooting him. No due process, no lengthy trial, just properly placed rounds in sufficient quantities.

OTOH, Japan's Eastern mindset was shared by her entire population. Old women and little girls were prepared to do their part to repel the Yankee invaders by stabbing them with bamboo daggers. So fanatical were they that it did take a nuke to subdue them. The lesson is there: Western nations know when the time has come to throw in the towel, because ours is a reasonable mind, relative to the rest of the world. Eastern nations are more fanatical, and will fight to the death against insurmountable odds...until they are beaten soundly and completely. Only then is there a chance they will toe the line.

Sorry 'bout the rambling thoughts...it's getting late, and all that leftover ham and turkey has me thinking it's time to take a trip to Snoreway. Good debate, all.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[rlmorel]

Your point about Japan is correct. It was not racism, as SOME charge that made us drop the bomb...it was Bougainville, Peleliu, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa that did that, and correctly so.

Thanks very much for your polite and reasonable debate on this. It is a difficult issue for people to discuss rationally. It is pretty emotional for all of us.