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I don't think so. I wouldn't shed a single tear if mecca vanished at the height of the hajj.

I wouldn't be the slightest bit bothered if we had to drill through glass to recover oil.

I'll break my usual near tea-totaling ways and pop the cork on a champagne sparkling wine bottle when islam and the threat it represents are gone.

I view the the worst Japanese as much more noble than the best møøselimb.

A Japanese kamikaze pilot (And BTW my dad's first introduction to a 'Jap' was when a kamikaze flew feet over his gun emplacement at the base of the 3rd turret on the USS Maryland and polished three gun crews, 12 men total, off the top of that turret) was a noble exercise in defense of country and home.

Whereas a jihadist who sneaks into a pizza parlor to murder children? Not even human.

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A Japanese kamikaze pilot (And BTW my dad's first introduction to a 'Jap' was when a kamikaze flew feet over his gun emplacement at the base of the 3rd turret on the USS Maryland and polished three gun crews, 12 men total, off the top of that turret) was a noble exercise in defense of country and home.

I cannot quite agree with that. IMO, the Kamikaze was just an attempt by a defeated bunch of fanatics to cause as many deaths as possible. I find them quite similar to today's suicide bombers. had they been closer to the west coast, they would likely have taken out civilians as well.

It was knowing the fanaticism of the Japanese that lead to Truman's decision to drop da bomb(s).