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nadinbrzezinski

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9. At this point, given the history of the war, quite posislby the ONLY just war
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 06:08 PM
Aug 2013

in recent memory, and that was quite accidental... what I take huge exception is the fact that people do not understand context.

I will be brutally honest, if the Germans, they were developing it, got the bomb in oh. 1943 and the strategic bomber in 1944... we would be talking New York.

If the Japanese got it, we would be talking a number of Western Targets, including Los Angeles.

If the Russians got it, Berlin is the obvious target, If we got it oh a year earlier, Berlin is the obvious target.

Yes, it was that kind of a war...

And the fact is that for multiple reasons the IMT in Tokyo, the Japanese Trials, were relatively small compared to Nuremberg, and part of it, was MacArthur understanding that you could not put the Emperor on the docket. Our demands that he go away... were forgotten like on the second day after the end of the war... if not as soon as the ink dried.

you are brave to post this, snaggle grasswire Aug 2013 #1
Rather convenient that the Left has played into the hands of the TPTB snagglepuss Aug 2013 #3
The civilians killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki aren't real victims?? Violet_Crumble Aug 2013 #12
What BS. Where do I say they don't deserve to be mourned? snagglepuss Aug 2013 #20
but, but...none of that ever happened, we are told nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #2
No one says that usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #8
At this point, given the history of the war, quite posislby the ONLY just war nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #9
the context of this issue is that Japan was militarily defeated at that time (Summer 45) usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #13
No it was not, why the high command was very divided nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #16
there is no denying that Japan was militarily defeated at that time usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #19
The point is that we covered up their atrocities. Atrocities the world has never snagglepuss Aug 2013 #21
The Japanese did some horrible things in WWII it's true gollygee Aug 2013 #4
The problem is that if you go talk nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #10
Yeah for the sake of balance gollygee Aug 2013 #15
Well history should be taught not from the pov of the winner nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #17
Some stats of the hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians who died in both bombings quinnox Aug 2013 #5
... leftstreet Aug 2013 #11
Are you personally ready to be burnt to a cinder for the sins of the United States? CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #6
How is your comment related to the OP? snagglepuss Aug 2013 #23
There is enough blame to go around usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #7
I don't commemorate shit for them. The Link Aug 2013 #14
Technical Note: Most of Stalin's horrors were inflicted pre-war during the Holodomor HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #18
Excellent post, I'm glad you reposted this. MicaelS Aug 2013 #22
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