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Old 01-07-2007, 10:01 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hkbajwa View Post
Regarding Japan, that was a true victory.. It was also a victory based on the slaughter of several million INNOCENT CIVILIAN people in TWO strikes.. Really something to be proud of??? Pearl Harbor, yes.. Iwo Jima, yes.. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.. i really don't think so.
Actually the numbers were more like several hundred thousand people vs several million people.
Big difference there.

Also, our thinking at the time was the lesser of two evils... lose over a million solders on our side and there side or several hundred thousand with the two bombs.





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