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To: ConorMacNessa

>> allowing hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans and Japanese to die in the invasion of Japan

American soldiers attacking another country are not innocent - no soldier is “innocent” when attacking. That doesn’t make them evil, but an invading force coming in with weapons is not an “innocent” force.

Unarmed civilians on the other hand, are.

Directly targeting civilians is never moral..


40 posted on 12/05/2009 8:16:33 PM PST by UFC Pride K1
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To: UFC Pride K1
"American soldiers attacking another country are not innocent - no soldier is “innocent” when attacking."

Our soldiers, attacking in defense of our country, which was the victim of an un-provoked attack in WWII, were innocent.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
48 posted on 12/05/2009 8:26:07 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: UFC Pride K1

That was the total war doctrine...and both the axis and the allies did it.

It was in part an artifact of the armaments of the era, but also of the philosophy of the day.

To behave like that today, holding the entire population of a combatant nation as targets in battle would certainly be a war crime, especially since we can fine target those we’re really after. And in WWII all the combatants had some pretty bloodstained hands. I’m not going to cast the rock of who was more guilty, except to remember our side didn’t start the conflict.


150 posted on 12/05/2009 10:35:04 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Without the Constitution, there is no America!)
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To: UFC Pride K1

Another atheist being honest about wanting every soldier dead.

You wanted a ground invasion to kill more of our soldiers. Who cares if many more civilians would have died in a ground invasion.

Sickening disgusting people.


298 posted on 12/07/2009 2:59:23 AM PST by rexgrossmansonlyfan (Brennan and Booth THEY finally begin December 2009 (Keep flammables away from TV 12/10))
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