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Originally Posted by theonlywhiteout
Crunch it's impossible to determine if diplomacy would have failed or if different tactics would have failed. The atomic bombs worked, and there's a good chance they saved Japanese and American lives: but if winning the war took dropping a nuclear bomb on 2 cities and killing hundreds of thousands of women and children there has to be at least the discussion about proportionality.
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Wasn't it the Japanese that abruptly attacked pearl harbor? I guess it's okay to sucker punch but when you get kicked square in the ass militarily by two big ass bombs someone has to bitch and moan.
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Thank you for everything CP. Good memories and thankful for everything that has been done to help me out. I will no longer take part on these boards. Take care, Go Flames Go.
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