Cynic wrote in
news:eftd84tvpa388qlb65kg4psc1flav982a6@4ax.com:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:27:55 -0500, David Hartung
> wrote:
>
>>Truman, using the information he had available at the time, determined
>>that the use of nuclear weapons would bring the War to an end without
>>the necessity of invading the Japanese Home Islands. Given the record of
>>the war, it is likely that doing so not only saved thousands of American
>>lives, but also Japanese lives.
>>
>>Why is this a bad thing?
>
> It is an after-the-fact rationalisation that makes a number of
> assumptions, any one of which may be wrong. Why *two* bombs? One
> would have achieved the purpose you ascribe.
Well they didn't, now did they?
>
> I'm sure that the terrorists who were responsible for flying airliners
> into the WTC have convinced themselves that it was for the ultimate
> good. The ends justify the means.
>
So you think Hirshima justifies 9/11?
Frank
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