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you start by making an assumption that the atomic bombs were dropped just so the US could test them out (on people), then you advocate methods which in yr very own words would have led to exponentially more deaths. ultimately, you are making no point at all other than excercising yr gawd given right to talk out yr ass (in circles). |
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10.12.2007, 03:43 PM | #42 | |
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I could sit here and take apart the whole of your last statement, but frankly I cant be bothered and floatingslowly seems to have summed it up better than I could The only comment I will make is that every person on this planet has free will and the ONLY person responsible for the decision to pull a trigger is the owner of the finger on the trigger Its a conscious decision taken by the person holding the gun Noone else Thank you for admitting you were wrong about the statistics |
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10.12.2007, 05:33 PM | #43 | |
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You aren't giving any legitimate proof that the war could have been won with less loss of life.
Fire bombing their capital city didn't get them to abdicate. Fire bombing is not conventional bombing and kills a lot of civilians, and would have killed as many people in hiroshima and nagasaki- perhaps more, with less psychological effect than one big bomb. Quote:
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10.12.2007, 09:54 PM | #44 | |
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I have advocated no such methods, I was just pointing out that from the US military perspective, the atomic bombs were not necessary. all of the military big whigs new the success of fire bombing (which is conventional in the sense of it takes a normal bombing raid to drop them, though I am well aware that technically speaking, they are not conventional explosives such as a 500lb bomb, but thanks for clarifying through sarcastic implications...) and they dropped A-bombs for different reasons, and apparantly they have convinced you all that it was the best idea.... now I wonder who all the real monsters are out there?
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10.13.2007, 06:10 AM | #45 |
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Suchfriends brings up the very plausible argument that the A-bombs were dropped to intimidate the Russians, yet does a horrible job of defending that stance. From what I understand, the Japanese were very close to surrender at the time the bombs were dropped.
He also adds that the Russians were close to building a bomb, which isn't true. The "we saved half a million lives by dropping the bomb" argument is utter bullshit. I don't believe there ever would have been an invasion of the Japanese mainland, anyhow. What would the purpose be when you can firebomb the shit out of them? |
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10.13.2007, 11:36 AM | #47 | ||
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although surely that didn't help them any, as it's been pointed out above, the japanese showed a determinacy to fight to last woman and child against bullets and (normal) bombs. manchuria was far away from home. I'm sure that the psychological toll of bombs falling on the japanese mainland shook them up far greater than the loss of this somewhat newly acquired territory. what's more, at this point, russian's military had suffered devastating losses on the western front. they repelled the nazis, but not without a HUGE cost. the invasion on manchuria was an opportunistic strike on their part to get what they could (while they could). |
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10.13.2007, 12:02 PM | #48 | |
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10.13.2007, 12:59 PM | #49 | |
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10.13.2007, 01:07 PM | #50 | |
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losing ground in china was demoralizing, but I'm fairly certain that everybody knew that the russians would not have the manpower or stamina to invade Japan proper. russia knew that the end was coming soon, and without any action on their part (on the eastern front), the US would have post-war claims to manchuria (and consequently, their own backdoor). |
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10.13.2007, 03:59 PM | #51 | |
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10.22.2007, 10:59 PM | #52 |
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I recently learned some more information that ties in with this discussion while watching the PBS series Warplane.
The jet stream over the main island of Japan is so powerful that when B-29s were finally in place to do conventional bombing raids they experienced great difficulty. If the bombers flew against the jet stream, they slowed down to crawls and became easy targets. If the bombers went with the jet stream, they passed over the island much too quickly to hit targets, and in many cases, missed the island completely. Flying sideways into the jet stream proved to be problematic as well. |
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