[rmlew]

Lofton is an idiot.
Has it occurred to him just how many Japanese would have died in an invasion of Japan? Extrapolating from the invasion of Okinawa we are looking at 400,000 American Dead and 5 to 10 million dead Japanese, depending on the number of civilaisn involved in suicidal attacks and suicide to flee the Americans. The 210,000 Japanese killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though sad saved millions of people and the destruction of Japan.

Ignorant anarchists have no place in the GOP and should not even vote until they have proven that they are no longer idiots, in the literal sense of the term.

[cpdiii]

Lofton is an idiot. Has it occurred to him just how many Japanese would have died in an invasion of Japan? Extrapolating from the invasion of Okinawa we are looking at 400,000 American Dead and 5 to 10 million dead Japanese, depending on the number of civilaisn involved in suicidal attacks and suicide to flee the Americans. The 210,000 Japanese killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though sad saved millions of people and the destruction of Japan.

I suspect the 5-10 million figure is low. We had complete control of the air over Japan. There is not one drop of oil or coal mined in Japan. Before we sent one soldier to Japan we would have fire bombed every city in Japan. Their industry and medical facilities would become non existent. Hunger and disease would have killed millions. We would have then killed millions more when we invaded.

The atomic bomb saved Japan from total destruction.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Has it occurred to him just how many Japanese would have died in an invasion of Japan? Extrapolating from the invasion of Okinawa we are looking at 400,000 American Dead and 5 to 10 million dead Japanese, depending on the number of civilaisn involved in suicidal attacks and suicide to flee the Americans. The 210,000 Japanese killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though sad saved millions of people and the destruction of Japan.<<

Quite right. The bombings, tragic as they were, saved Japanese lives, and indeed, probably the Japanese culture. The Russians were more than ready to invade Japan. It would be likely that not only would Truman be tempted to OK Russian “help” to save US lives, but also the Russians might not ask his permission. A Russian occupation would kill millions more Japanese.

[FreedomPoster]

Bingo. Exactly so.