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Quote: Are you really that obtuse?
I wouldn't have brought that up, because it was a long time ago and people have learned a thing or two since, but if you want to boast about your country's military committing the worst act of terrorism in all of history, I'll indulge you. Yes, that's right. The worst terrorist act in all of history, where you killed thousands and thousands of civilians with your new toy. You can bet that there are people who haven't forgotten that either.
The people involved in that were not as arrogant as you. They knew they did wrong.
You're not dealing with the Japanese in the middle east.
As Ed implied, there were approximately 1 million troops poised to invade Japan. It is estimated that 50 to 60 percent of these men would have died. Now, add this to the thousands of Japanese that were dying from starvation daily because of the blockades and the ones that would have died by conventional bombing. As hard as it is for your ilk to understand, the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima saved lives. By the way, conventional bombing killed more Japanese in one night then the “bomb”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo
Quote: 335 B-29s took off to raid on the night of 9–10 March, with 279 of them dropping around 1,700 tons of bombs. Fourteen B-29s were lost. Approximately 16 square miles (41 km²) of the city were destroyed and some 100,000 people are estimated to have died in the resulting firestorm, more than the immediate deaths of either the Hiroshima or Nagasaki atomic bombs.
Johnny
Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space,” Obama: “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."
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