From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Tom R: wrote:
> > Oh? They didn't know they were at war with the US?
>
> Are you seriously trying to say that simply being a civilian citizen of a
country with which the U.S. are at war, equals being warned of getting swept
off the surface of the earth by surprise bomb attacks?
Yes. Of course.
> (If you do, then your thinking is... well, so unusual, to the point of
absurd, that you can hardly expect to be taken seriously.)
It's necessary for deterrence.
> >They weren't major industrial targets?
>
> No. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a deliberate act of pure
terror bombing of civilians, in order to try to force Japan to surrender.
Bullpucky! Hiroshima and Nagasaki were warned for days before the bombs
came. The citizens were told in their own language they should evacuate the
cities. (My father has one of these leaflets.) The warnings were via
leaflets dropped from US bombers over the cities. The fact that they were
warned in this manner was proof we could fly over their cities with our
bombers. This was done because loss of life was unnecessary. Sadly, no one
evacuated as warned. The cities were bombed for two reasons: They were
munitions producing centers and the demonstrations were intended to show
overwhelming power in order to try to force Japan to surrender. Note of
fact: More people died in the conventional fire bombing of Tokyo than in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, including after effects.
> The idea was Truman's or of his staff, or both. Churchill approved of the
idea, so did General MacArthur and the planes were sent off as soon as
weather conditions allowed for it.
So do I.
> The explicit purpose was to bomb and kill civilians,
Bullpucky! This sort of rant makes you seem uneducated.
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