Fact: Not too many of us were born or fought in WWII. Fact: The odds of us winning the war with less casualities on either side than what the atom bombs caused were VERY much not promising. Fact: We DID drop the bombs, they DID end the war.
Ya know, I'm a pretty liberal guy personally. But to be quite honest, america did what it thought it had to to protect IT's citizens. That's what governments are supposed to do (partly). Whether what happened is right or wrong is a debate that I'm sure will keep going long after we're all dead. Point is that it was done and it stopped the war. Who are we to judge them? We weren't there, we can't. IF there are any WWII Vets on slashdot, they have a right to judge, they fought in the war, they fought and watched friends, sometimes family die. We didn't. Humans are still a type of animal... and just like an animal, we have an overpowering urge to survive. Simple point is that I'll probably get modded flamebait, but is there one person here who can un-equivocally prove that there was another way? Nope.:P
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Fact: Not too many of us were born or fought in WWII.
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Fact: The odds of us winning the war with less casualities on either side than what the atom bombs caused were VERY much not promising.
Fact: We DID drop the bombs, they DID end the war.
Ya know, I'm a pretty liberal guy personally. But to be quite honest, america did what it thought it had to to protect IT's citizens. That's what governments are supposed to do (partly). Whether what happened is right or wrong is a debate that I'm sure will keep going long after we're all dead. Point is that it was done and it stopped the war. Who are we to judge them? We weren't there, we can't. IF there are any WWII Vets on slashdot, they have a right to judge, they fought in the war, they fought and watched friends, sometimes family die. We didn't. Humans are still a type of animal... and just like an animal, we have an overpowering urge to survive. Simple point is that I'll probably get modded flamebait, but is there one person here who can un-equivocally prove that there was another way? Nope.
*sits back and watches many slashdotter heads explode*