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To: AzJP
"Grampa, I proposed what might have been a more efficient (saving American lives, I kinda' like that) method of stopping the war. Bombing Japan was not without American fatalities.

Did it ever occur to you that just perhaps the idea was to limit TOTAL casualties---both American AND Japanese?? How many MILLIONS would the Japanese militarists have been willing to starve to death in such a blockade before surrendering?? You can bet that the Emperor and the higher-ups would have had their rice bowls filled, no matter what.

48 posted on 03/14/2002 9:53:38 AM PST by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog
We would still be fighting the fanatics of Japan if they had not been bombed into total surrender, Unconditional!

This guy reminds of Patty Buckwheat or Harry Browne revising WWII history to suit their political agendas!

52 posted on 03/14/2002 10:02:12 AM PST by Grampa Dave
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