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To: UFC Pride K1
I'm not glossing over it - it was not a war crime - the war would have gone on much longer and would have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands on both sides. The bomb was the humane way to bring the war in Japan to a rapid close.

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42 posted on 12/05/2009 8:19:30 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: ConorMacNessa

If targeting an *entire* city for destruction - knowing full well it’s a civilian target - isn’t a war crime than I don’t know what is...

Hastening an end to the war does not justify the massive killing of civilians.

Remember, the charge of “war crimes” belongs to the victor - as stated elsewhere in this thread, you didn’t see any of our guys on trial because we happened to have won.


44 posted on 12/05/2009 8:23:05 PM PST by UFC Pride K1
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To: ConorMacNessa

If targeting an *entire* city for destruction - knowing full well it’s a civilian target - isn’t a war crime than I don’t know what is...

Hastening an end to the war does not justify the massive killing of civilians.

Remember, the charge of “war crimes” belongs to the victor - as stated elsewhere in this thread, you didn’t see any of our guys on trial because we happened to have won.


45 posted on 12/05/2009 8:23:12 PM PST by UFC Pride K1
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To: ConorMacNessa

>>The bomb was the humane way to bring the war in Japan to a rapid close.

Humane? The bomb was an example of man’s inhumanity to may - these people crawling around “croaking” wouldn’t agree that this was a humane way to die, nor was it humane that they were not soldiers and could not defend theirselves or shoot back.


47 posted on 12/05/2009 8:24:40 PM PST by UFC Pride K1
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