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Originally Posted by ikalugin
You miss the point, there was no diversion.
The point was the if the Hiroshima/Nagasaki (and other strategic bombing campaigns) were justified, then so would be such a campaighn against ISIS.
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There was a time when torturing and burning enemy captives within sight of their city walls was justified too. I do understand your point because if they nuked one of our cities I'd want revenge as well, but Hiroshima/Nagasaki was considered necessary to avoid a a very bloody invasion that would make all previous invasions seem like Boy Scout camping trips but Daesh is no Imperial Japan and it won't take the A-Bomb to defeat them. You can hurt them just as badly with todays conventional weapons.