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Originally Posted by VinceZeb
I guess it was ranxer that said that the govt committed terrorism with the nukes... well, apparently you have not read a history book or seen anything about the war.
Japan of the 1940s was like the Islamist of today in the fact that they were totally dedicated to the cause. They would have fought us until the last man, woman, and child. If we would have went into a land battle, there would have been probably a million deaths of U.S. soliders (something a few of you probably would have liked...).
And speaking of govt sponsored terrorism, i guess the Boton Death march (i probably spelled that way wrong) that the Japanese had while slaughtering the Chinese innocents left and right doesnt count for much, huh? You don't hear much of Japanese autrocities during WWII because the liberals couldn't compare them to the conservatives of today.
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No, it was me, and I did do my share of reading on the subject. The one million U.S. casualty estimate originates from President Truman, the one that gave the OK on the bombing missions. And I like to add that no level headed military historian today believes in that estimate, but more in the 350,000 U.S. casualty rate (the same amount of Purple Hearts that was ordered in anticipation of a invasion of main-land Japan.)
I'm also aware of the atrocities that the Japanese army did against the civilian population of China, the senseless killings of British and Canadian wounded in the local hospitals, and Japanese total disregard for the Geneva Convention when it came to POWs. But all this doesn't qualify as your standard state-sponsered terrorism.
...And El Blanco, why don't you shut the fuck up.