DanielSan wrote in
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> RSweeney wrote:
>> "DanielSan" wrote in message
>> news:osWdnR7Gi-9PlBrVnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
>>> Paul Hyett wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 at 22:22:29, Reality_Check©
>>>> wrote in uk.legal :
>>>>>> Better we killed millions of Japanese men women and children with
>>>>>> M1's and naval bombardment than killed a few tens of thousands with
>>>>>> two nukes.
>>>>> Only someone as depraved and perverted of spirit as you would
>>>>> do either.
>>>>>
>>>> Remind us - which side *started* the hostilities?
>>>>
>>> Yes. The United States was doing nothing at all. We were twiddling
>>> our thumbs, minding our own business when we were attacked. We are
>>> absolutely 100% innocent and blameless. We did nothing at all to
>>> Japan.
>>>
>>> Right?
>>
>> So you are saying the Japanese aggression in China should have been
>> supported and assisted by the US?
>>
>>
>
> No. I am not making a judgment call on the response to Pearl Harbor. I
> am just making sure that people know that we WEREN'T blameless either.
> I mean, it's not like Japan just said out of the blue, "Oh, let's attack
> America." There was a reason behind it.
>
Imperial ambition?
Frank |