9/11/01

[PT Car Washer]

The atomic bombings had military targets initially planned.

They were chosen because both cities had not been bombed and the military wanted to be able to see the full results.

 

[rickyb]

It was also a massive show of military strength, and possibly saved more lives than were destroyed. Speaking about Nukes on Japan WW2.

i heard it was unnecessary.

 

[rickyb]

If civilian casualties was the aim there, then Tokyo should have been the target.

who cares!

US is the only country ever to use a nuke. get off your horse

 

[old levi's]

Your own posted definition of terrorism said the violence was aimed particularly at civilians. War has designated combatatants and harm to civilians is not the objective.

It was an attack on American soil.

 

[PT Car Washer]

If civilian casualties was the aim there, then Tokyo should have been the target.

Tokyo had already been attacked many times.

 

[oldngray]

If you heard it then it must be true.

 

[rickyb]

If you heard it then it must be true.

and if it is?

america is the only country morally bankrupt enough to use a nuke

 

[MyTripisCut]

i heard it was unnecessary.

Perhaps. Maybe the fact that the US used this prevented a war with Russia. Even though there was a Cold War, things could possibly have been worse.

 

[trickpony1]

US is the only country ever to use a nuke. get off your horse

How would you suggest the Japanese aggression and dominance be stopped?

We can wait...

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

who cares!

US is the only country ever to use a nuke. get off your horse

Only the us had any. Japan had plans to dirtybomb San Francisco. Sure they would have done the same if they had the means.

 

[rickyb]

How would you suggest the Japanese aggression and dominance be stopped?

We can wait...

look up gar alperovitz, noam chomsky, howard zinn for starters.

nukes if ur killing civilians are immoral. and what about radiation???

 

[PT Car Washer]

i heard it was unnecessary.

It ended the war. Japan was ready to fight for every inch of it's homeland.

 

[oldngray]

An invasion of Japan would have cost many more lives and many of those would have been civilians.

 

[rickyb]

Only the us had any. Japan had plans to dirtybomb San Francisco. Sure they would have done the same if they had the means.

almost 80+ years since wwII and US is the only country to use a nuke...

 

[oldngray]

almost 80+ years since wwII and US is the only country to use a nuke...

Yet the US has not used any nukes since ending WW2.

 

[rickyb]

Yet the US has not used any nukes since ending WW2.

thank

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

almost 80+ years since wwII and US is the only country to use a nuke...

Wasnt my point. Japan would have done it to us if they had the means first.

 

[trickpony1]

almost 80+ years since wwII and US is the only country to use a nuke...

...if the US had a nuke fetish why didn't we use them in Korea?

 

[MyTripisCut]

...if the US had a nuke fetish why didn't we use them in Korea?

Or Vietnam? Perhaps because these were “shadow” wars against communism, specifically Russia. Could have carried a chance for higher retaliation?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

...if the US had a nuke fetish why didn't we use them in Korea?

Actually I think MacArthur wanted to, but he was nixed for fear of widening the conflict with China and Soviet Union.