On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you haven't seen it already (anyone on this list) I highly recommend > watching Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States. > Oliver Stone is the same jackass who was behind that moronic Kennedy assassination conspiracy movie. > I learned more about US history in those 10 episodes than throughout all > of high school. > I haven't seen the series because I made a special effort not to, so I really shouldn't comment about it, but I will say that in general it would be wise not to believe everything Oliver Stone tells you. > > It was the Russians declaring war against Japan that concerned them the > most, not the bomb. > There are lots of theories but we will never know if the Japanese would have surrendered without the bomb or the invasion but I do know one thing, it wasn't unreasonable for the American's to expect that they would not, and it wasn't unreasonable for the American's to expect that a invasion would cause a gargantuan number of casualties. I also know that even 2 nuclear bombs AND the Russians declaring war almost wasn't enough for them to quit, even after all that there was a unsuccessful coup by fanatical military officers to keep the war going and they nearly prevented the Emperor's surrender speech from being broadcast. > From point of view of the Japanese, does it really matter if it took 1 > bomber or 200 to devastate a city? > Yes it matters because now 200 bombers can devastate 200 cities, and that causes 200 times as much damage as 200 bombers devastating one city. John K Clark > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
