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Old 08-07-08, 08:20 AM   #14
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The beginning of the end happened today. I have seen very little news on it today. They did have the standard peacenik group holding a peace vigil today on the radio. I think I turned the interview off when they wanted us to apologize for nuking Japan. Whatever. I'd say dropping those 2 bombs was the best thing that ever happened to humanity.

1. We saved thousands of US and Japanese lives by ending the war w/o an invasion of the mainland.

2. Mankind has never used this weapon again, we know better.
We may have saved many, but we also killed many including civilians.
Not to be callous, but too bad. I intentionally avoided the revenge factor of the bomb. We all know war is nasty, and ever since the evolution of "total war," civilians will be targets. There will always be war, I just hope we never use these nasty weapons again, mainly because when the war is over, you don't just clean up after them and re-build. I had a military history class, back during the first Gulf War. There were a bunch of "blowhards" that were serious about using tacticle nukes in Iraq.
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