Those 2 bombs saved more Japanese lives then they took.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Sorry, we’ve got some more sanctions for you. Thanks.
You two should brush up on Operation Downfall and the projected US/Japanese casualties along with Japanese civilian/conscript casualty estimates.
I am done. This is the wrong thread. There is no reasoning with you on this issue.
"Projected."
No one knows what would have happened but we do know the U.S. deliberately killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians during the war. Men, women and children.
That's all I'll post about it so we can stay on topic.
Not to argue, but the U.S. was at the Japanese mainland in May. War is over in Europe, Japan was on it's last leg. Still dropped the bombs.
Japanese women and children were taught to fight to death or kill themselves. Don't ask me about it. Read a book about it. The Pacific was way more of a nasty war than Europe.
Did you not just say civilians with weapons are soldiers? Are Ukrainian civilians not attacking Russian troops? Are people complaining that Russia is targeting civilian areas?
I would say the Ukrainians are defending their homeland. Don't say the Japanese were doing the same after their brutality in Asia and their attack against our country. If you can't see the difference I don't know what to tell you.
Any idea why they didn't surrender after the first bomb was dropped since you're such a history buff? (excluding knowing nothing about the Second Sino-Japanese War of course)
Agree. Not saying that at all. Just trying to draw the line between atrocities and what side we all stand on.
Malcolm Gladwell did a recent book on the topic called The Bomber Mafia, comparing and contrasting the then-competing bombing theories of high-altitude, daylight precision bombing (George and Hansell) with LeMay’s nighttime carpet bombing. The high-altitude precision method prioritized military and manufacturing targets and avoiding civilian casualties. This type of bombing was preferred by all...except that it didn’t work. They lost too many aircraft and didn’t hit anything they aimed at.
So they switched to LeMay’s approach and that helped win the war.
So they switched to LeMay’s approach and that helped win the war.
I see that a few have posted this guy's twitter before me so here's a specific tweet from his feed that I'm throwing out there to rile up the crowd.
Probably Pepsi....I don't care
https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...news-assassinated-daughter-russia-ukraine-spt
https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...news-assassinated-daughter-russia-ukraine-spt
Crazy @CO_hawk dug himself a hole so deep he has to double down because the hole is too big to get out off
Where do you get this?
They probably should have surrendered when they backed out of China and lost the Pacific. Suzuki manipulated and let his citizens die at the hands of the United States.
Either way, that was probably the most horrific thing that has ever happened on this planet.
Definitely a lack of history.
True. Back on track!
Why have any of you not put CO_Hawk on ignore. Things are much more peaceful once he's placed there.
Has Q given any updates on the war? Just trying to stay informed and listen to all sides.
Thanks for the reminder - just did. I do suspect he is a Russian troll...
Mariya's Got a Gun
Mariya's Got a Gun
Whole world's come undone
Everybody is on the run
What'd her daddy do?
It was Ukraine's last I.O.U.
She had to take him down easy, and put a bullet in his brain
Cuz everyone agrees, the man was such a sleaze
We ain't ever gonna be the same
Did anyone else pause and play the instrumentals in their head to stay on time with the original lyrics?
I hadn't thought about them in a while. I just did a quick google search. Apparently they've determined that the unique way Trump mispronounced China was actually a codeword for Ukraine and since Trump kept claiming China created Covid-19, he was actually secretly telling those who know where to look that it came from bio-labs in Ukraine.
And now my head hurts.
Today was a good day. (Did have to use the AK)
Damn now that I am seeing it, it is obvious as hell.
Dude, Japan had retreated from China, lost its Navy and Air Force in the Pacific and the allies were at their mainland in June.
What capacity did Japan have militarily in August when the bomb were dropped?
