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Originally Posted by Soft Target
When these Bozos question the wisdom of dropping those bombs (I'm being nice), I remember my father was in the Pacific in Anti-Aircraft Artillery having just converted from Coastal Artillery. If it wasn't for the bomb, I am convinced he would not have returned home, married and started a family. In other words, the main blame on the BOMB is I was born.
P.S. Happy Birthday Mrs. M.
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The ‘Bozos’ fail to see that if the bombs had not been dropped, Japan would have been raised. The population would have been decimated; its cities, industry, agriculture… everything. With the winter of 45/46, the people would have been dying from the cold, starvation and disease.
On March 9th & 10th of 1945, we bombed Tokyo with incendiaries, more than 100,000 died. Now if we extend this technique to the rest of the island… I think you could argue that the use of the bomb was both just and compassionate.
And of course, Happy Birthday Mrs. M. 