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Old 08-06-07, 09:24 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
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Originally Posted by bradclark1
Because a lot more lives would have been lost in an invasion than in the bombing. It was the right thing to do. Not a happy event but fact.
Agreed. It was necessary, but not something we should celebrate.
But there was no need to drop the bomb OR invade!
A peace agreement, not at all dissimilar to the post war agreements, was well within reach before the Bomb.
So how can it be necessary?
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