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bvar22

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Sat May-28-11 03:48 PM
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195. I agree with the "non-necessity" of using the A-Bombs....

...to "end" the War with Japan.
So did many in the Pacific High Command, including Gen. McArthur.
As a country, we bear heavy guilt for what we did to defenseless Japanese.

However, there WERE many extenuating circumstances, so I'm willing to cut him some slack there.
There is a credible theory that the A-Bomb was dropped on the Japanese to prevent Stalin from
rolling to the Atlantic in Europe.
The World was a very different place in those years.
I watch the old film clips and documentaries on TV, and have much difficulty wrapping my brain around the insanity of those wars.

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