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Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:34:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> 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:
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> http://www.doug-long.com/
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> Its actually pretty extensive and not something one can just skim over, but
> makes a sharp argument and worth reading.
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 don't
really plan on it. When I saw the preview in theatres, I thought to myself
"Wow, what a terrible way to glorify our stance in WWII with respect to the
Japanese."
To that end, people have compared Sept. 11th to Pearl Harbor. Personally, I
think the two events were extraordinarily different in nature. I would
sooner have compared Sept 11th and Hiroshima/Nagasaki as both being
terrorist acts. Pearl Harbor was a calculated, well-executed, and highly
successful attack on the US's pacific fleet, not on civilians. We also knew
*exactly* who was responsible and were capable of military retaliation,
which is only true to a much lesser extent in the Sept. 11th event.
Anyway. Thoughts?
DaveE
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| (...) No time to dig into this in depth but I should point out that I have, in this very group, already taken the stance that *both* bombings were necessary. I spent a little time at that site late last nite (early this morning, actually). The (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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: (URL) actually pretty extensive and not (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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