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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:30 PM Original message |
Greatest act of terrorism in history...... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tell that to the infantry waiting to attack the home islands. |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And probably many more Japanese would have died.. |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "Thousands more would have been killed if the war hadn't ended when it did |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. no, I think that civilians would have been killed if the war hit the home |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I think the "Japanese were a proud race and unwilling to surrender" |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. These are the people who invented kamikazes and hari-kari. Surrender |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Um, Japan had a non-agression pact with the USSR |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yes, I would have preferred that |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. The United States Bombing Survey issued 1946 disagreed with you |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. My father already told it to me |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. they were about to capitualate. |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't think they were ready to give up. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Very good.... well stated and accurate. It was as you say... to |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Then Truman was stupid. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No, it was Roosevelt's project. Truman came on board late in the game. |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. Truman's message to Stalin |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. The slippery slope..... |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. For The Record, Sir |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We struck at the government of a society "so say mobilized for war" |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. An Incomplete Analysis, Sir |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That Idea, Sir, Is A Tremendous Oversimplification |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Every Citizen A Soldier" |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The Period, Sir, Is One Of My Particular Interests |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Eisenhower disagreed with the decision, as did MacArthur. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. because the politicos were already planning the next war - against russia |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Unimportant, Ma'am |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. What about the 1946 panel drawn up by Truman that came to the same conclus |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. That Survey, Sir, Is An Interesting Document |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The document the Survey released says this: |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. That Is A Possiblity, Sir |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That fails to take into account the new bombing directive issued July 24 |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Operational Orders Are An Art Form, Sir |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Exactly. |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I don't think that Truman/Roosevelt were that stupid. |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Despicable? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That is not true. As I posted below, messages intercepted by the US |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. But how meaningful were those messages? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The originator would be Shigenori Togo, Foreign Minister of Japan |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So you think the politician could have forced the generals to |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. He was not speaking solely for himself. The reason he was the one |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. In Effect, Sir, He Was Just Yhat |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. By the time these messages were relayed, the emperor had already |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Ther Emperor At That Time, Sir |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. We couldn't bomb the USSR because they were our allies, so we bombed Japan |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, anyone who's played Axis & Allies would tell you the opposite. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Another thing: the US wanted the war over before USSR got involved with |
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i miss america (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. A dark day in human history. What a shame we had to resort to such |
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batsauce (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Here is some history that might shed some light... |
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Zorbuddha (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. They could've dropped the bomb 15 miles out of town |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. They actually did drop Fat Man slightly off target to do just that. |
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Zorbuddha (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Bullshit...they missed their bullseye, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. Given my father's age, it's fairly likely that I would |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. I beg to differ... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why two? Why Nagasaki? |
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Fozzledick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. It was a BLUFF! |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. More people died in the firebombing of Tokyo than died at Hiroshima. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. Ok, then how would you propose defeating Japan? |
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really annoyed (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
58. Apparently, not to anybody here |
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