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Originally Posted by moeloubani
What is a cowardly way to bomb a military installation? You don't just announce that you are coming to bomb them. Japan bombing a military installation isn't terrorism because it is a military target, not a civilian one.
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Didn't we go over this in another thread? I'll just copy/paste the response I gave you then...
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The Japanese were given an ultimatum, surrender or face prompt and utter destruction. The ultimatum was broadcast to the Japanese Home Islands on the radio while leaflets describing it were dropped from American bombers. Yet, after two atomic bombings, massive conventional bombings, and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the Japanese government STILL refused to surrender. The only reason they finally did surrender is because the emperor requested it, and he was considered a god to the Japanese people. The real terrorists against the Japanese were the Imperial military and the Japanese government who were more concerned with loss of honor than Japan's destruction. In fact, surrender was so repugnant to the military that most of the military leaders commited seppuku after the surrender document was signed.
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So if you want to play that card, then our actions were more noble than the Japanese bombing of pearl Harbor because we DID announce that we were going to drop a bomb on Hiroshima, we gave them a chance to surrender. And for the record, 55 civilians were killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Something else you might want to check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&...fghanistan_War