Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up

[kristopher]

51. Would you like to try to find images of Dresden and Tokyo after the fire bombings?

I doubt you'll find many photos of victims, however, since most were completely incinerated.

The "firebombing" technique we used was a very innovative approach to destruction of civilian population centers. The first wave of bombers flew over and laid down a circle that defined the area to be destroyed. Successive waves of bombers laid down two Xs so that it formed a starlike pattern *.

This created an updraft which sucked the ring of fire into the center, destroying everything combustable within the circle - including virtually all humans. Naturally women and children were not exempted.

You are completely off base with your hyperbolic response to Pink Tiger's remarks. They serve one function - to ACCEPT responsibility for what we did. In no way can any fair reading find in them the denial you are claiming.

As reprehensible as the Japanese actions were, they are not an excuse or a way to avoid responsibility for our own acts of barbarity.