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Originally Posted by Shotsie
Didn't we go over this in another thread? I'll just copy/paste the response I gave you then...
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 |
The US still committed a terrorist attack on Japan. Just because you warn people it doesn't excuse you murdering innocent people in an attempt (doesn't have to be successful) to make their government surrender. And the Pearl Harbor attack was still an attack on a military installation regardless of there being civilians there.
If the Taliban issue a warning today that there will be an attack on the US tomorrow, is that attack no longer a terrorist attack? Of course it is, any attack that is aimed at killing innocent people is a terrorist attack.
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Originally Posted by bronco67
When it comes to the whole Japan/America thing, the dropping of the bomb was justified. They started the damn war, and needed to be stopped -- and over a million American soldiers would have died invading the Japanese mainland. It was a sound decision, but I feel sorry for all of the people that died and suffered in Japan, because of their government.
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Al Qaeda claims that 9/11 saved millions of lives. Is 9/11 now justified in your point of view?