6th March 2004, 7:35 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:And as for Japan, there's plenty of controversy over whether Japan would have surrendered eventually without the A-Bomb or whether it was needed... and if the second one was needed of if given some more time they would have surrendered anyway after just one. Okay, true, at the time the American leaders had really no idea how horrific a A-Bomb would be, but still... it was a tragedy and even more sad if it could have been avoided.
Did you know we killed probably between 450,000 and 500,000 Japanese civilians during our bombings in World War II? Compared to about 250,000 American soldiers killed in the whole war...
When they attacked us, we didn't have the nuke. They were probably aware of what weapons we had (except the A-Bomb) and thought they had similar firepower to overtake us. They came bombed Pearl Harbor, so we showed our teeth. We nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki and then the Japanese knew very well that they were greatly outgunned and ran to us with their tail between their legs. The blame for lives lost in those two cities rested solely on the shoulders of Japans leaders. You'd rather more brave American lives would have been lost than the lives of those who attacked us in the first place? America isn't to be toyed with, and we showed them why that day.
See what "Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" can do for your standing an conflict?
As for fighting, I'd rather not go, I'm not built for combat nor in shape and I'll admit I'd be more of a pain than an assistance for the effort. Were I to be drafted I woudn't be too pleased, but I'd go.
The Earthworker Race has ended. Everybody wins.