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Originally posted by eatapeach
i know you're educated colin. you're fooling nobody ;)
by all indications the japanese military was defeated prior to bombing hiroshima and nagasaki.
there have been several books discussing why truman felt compelled to use the nuclear weapons as a signal to the russians that the US was going to assert itself in Europe after the war.
that really had to suck for the innocent civilians in those cities, huh?
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"...innocent civilians"...the Japanese War Machine could not have waged war without those "innocent civilians"...in total/unconditional war there are not any "innocent civilians". In addition those "innocent civilians" were being armed and trained to kill the "evil Americans" when they invaded the Island of Japan.
Study the history of war and you will learn that "innocent civilians" were almost always targeted...in the wars/conflicts through out history.