Most people do recognize that the war needed to be ended in this way to avoid the entire destruction of the Japanese race (whether in resistance or suicide). Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the kamikazes and other similar examples of the way Japanese soldiers and civilians were thinking prove that only something radical like the atomic bomb could avert even worse slaughter.
I agree with you, and so does the fellow in the article and so do many more.
Most? I'm not sure about 'most'. In my experience an awful lot of people believe that it wasn't necessary. Perhaps they are a minority, but they are a rather loud one.
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This will be controversial in the extreme, I expect -
- 04/03/2010 09:01:16 PM
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Fascinating is the word.
- 04/03/2010 09:09:21 PM
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Re: Fascinating is the word.
- 04/03/2010 09:53:26 PM
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An interesting tidbit
- 04/03/2010 10:02:32 PM
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Makes sense; I've always heard invasion casualty estimates were 3 million dead.
- 04/03/2010 10:40:11 PM
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That estimate sounds like what they told us. Not 100% on it though. *NM*
- 04/03/2010 10:54:35 PM
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Look at the casulities just from Okinawa and you can get an idea of what would have happened
- 04/03/2010 11:43:00 PM
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Agreed.
- 05/03/2010 01:14:13 AM
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I'm not sure why it should be controversial. It was a great insight and one man's opinion.
- 04/03/2010 09:26:19 PM
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Well -
- 04/03/2010 10:04:29 PM
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