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Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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Sun, 21 Oct 2001 10:32:26 GMT
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So if anything maybe we should have dropped sooner!

I still hold that one bomb would have been enough.

And maybe, since the US weren't ready to drop the bombs sooner, dropping
them became unnecessary by the time it became possible. There is some
indication for that, to say the least.

:wq

Horst



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(...) Well, that's easy to say at this remove but second guessing is easy. I drew different conclusions from the same data. (...) Again, I drew totally different conclusions from the same data. (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Just some minor picking while I try to think about that hole. (...) Dan's referenced site makes the case that it wasn't a "drop one, then decide to drop the other" plan. Both were dropped as part of the same plan, so you should take issue with (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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