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Originally Posted by Randomizer
Ah, the annual August 6th Hiroshima bash America guilt trip.
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Sure why not.
But i won't be the one to start it. With the posting of this thread.
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Yes it was fully in line with the strategic air power doctrines in effect at the time and so did and does not meet the criteria as a war crime under the legal framework established at Nuremberg and late repeated in Japan.
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You didn't read post # 32 then did you?
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Yes Hiroshima and Nagasaki were legitimate military target cities by the usages of war in effect in 1945.
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See above. Re post # 32.
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After Nagasaki, Truman saw enough was enough
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Yea, he must have been a schizo. See post # 32. [QUOTE]
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To quote Gene Hackman from Crimson Tide. "... drop that sucker. Twice"
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Yea, maybe if they dropped the third one, we could then have said : " drop that sucker thrice"! Ah, what a missed opportunity that was. What were you thinking?
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See you all back here this time next year, same forum, same topic, new thread.
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I may be here next year but not with this post since it seems that people either don't give a **** or are absolutely not interested in discussions and go onto the defensive about the US and can't be even slightly open-minded about this.
Ah, i'll save the rest for next year. Wait, errm...
EDIT: @ Torplexed, just saw your post.
I certainly do not mean any disrespect nor do I attempt to diminish in any way shape or form the events that took place.
The context of the event can be lost in discussions like this, agreed.
But, not if it is mature and open-minded discussion, and with no desire to sway or dissuade people from their long-held beliefes about subject matter of this calibre.
I am mature enough and open-minded enough to realise that.
I get disappointed when people scream US Bashing or immaturity when topics like this come up. It is history. It is in the past. History is there for discussion. Yes, you (in general) say, but we do this every year on this forum. Well, some of us, or even a few of us weren't here then, or the year before then.
So it has been posted again this year, with, might i add the most innocent and non-discriminating motifs in place.
Yes, it's a touchy, sensitive subject.
But, what good is history if we cannot as mature human beings discuss history in it's fullest, in context and with some semblance of reality and non-partisan feelings.