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Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 16 Oct 2001 01:48:20 GMT
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I posted earlier in a different thread regarding this but now I'm thinking
it should have been a separate thread. Here is some background research
regarding the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan:
http://www.doug-long.com/
Its actually pretty extensive and not something one can just skim over, but
makes a sharp argument and worth reading.
Dan
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| I have not read your link, but I think it was unnecessary to bomb Japan to win the war. I expect your link will say that the USA knew that the Japanese wanted peace as they had broken Japanese codes, and that dropping the bomb was all about (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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| (...) I haven't yet read the site (I dunno if I will-- depends I guess), but it really leads me to wonder whether anyone out there actually *DOES* believe it was "necessary"? And on a related note, I also didn't see the movie Pearl Harbor. And I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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| (...) It was interesting reading. Lots of work went into it. It failed to note that there was never a decision to drop one bomb, and then another decision to drop another (it was a decision to drop two bombs). It noted that the Japanese were looking (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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