On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 1:08 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Estimates of hundreds of thousands were at the time. >> > > The estimates made at the time said there would be hundreds thousands of > causalities, maybe that estimate was too high and maybe it wasn't, we will > never know, but we do know that estimate was the only one of any importance > because it was the only one that had the potential to change things. > > >Primary sources. That have completely changed the picture. >> > > Changed what picture? If you want to know why the bomb was dropped it's > useless to look for information that was not available at the time, you've > got to put yourself in the position of a young soldier 70 years ago who in > the last 4 years had seen horrors far worse than anything we who have not > been in combat can imagine, and now this soldier has a morbid dread of the > upcoming bloodbath called the invasion of Japan. Do that and it's easy to > see that there was absolutely no way the bomb would not have been dropped; > any president who didn't use it would certainly have been impeached and > would probably be hung for treason. And if I was a soldier back then I > would have happily put the noose around his neck myself. > Here are some interesting facts to consider: http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/ 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.
