Originally posted by mochironThere are too many acts to list them all.
All Horrific Indeed. Yet no one has mentioned the firebombing in Tokyo and other cities of Japan during the war. On March 9th 1945:
This was the worst disaster for Tokyo since the 1923 earthquake. The death toll was at least 80,000, and perhaps exceeded 100,000.[4] This may have been the most devastating single raid ever carried out by aircraft in any ...[text shortened]... of Dresden.
from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_in_World_War_II
The US did what it thought it had to win this war.
People die in war. Some deserve to die, most don't.
Japan started the war in the Pacific. We finished it.
It is much easier to criticize these decisions in hindsight.
Originally posted by Red Nightnot criticizing...just adding to your list.......
There are too many acts to list them all.
The US did what it thought it had to win this war.
People die in war. Some deserve to die, most don't.
Japan started the war in the Pacific. We finished it.
It is much easier to criticize these decisions in hindsight.
Originally posted by SMSBear716I thought I was pretty clear on where I stand. there are no circumstances that would make me side with the mass murder. it's an unacceptable cost. (and hitler got into it as an example with the same basic problem better visible)
...I'm enjoying how people are avoiding my question, btw