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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:24 PM Original message |
Paul Tibbets talks about the Hiroshima bombing |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. IMO given the times and circumstances, Truman was correct. What point do |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You tell me what IMO means, and than I'll respond. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. IMO = In My Opinion (nt) |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. See # 5 for IMO. What point do you wish to make? n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Which time was he right? Hiroshima or Nagasaki...or both? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Both. What specific brainwashing do you mean? n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Standard stuff... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Have you actually studied WWII? Have you talked with some of the |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. And the principals in the decision-making didn't have |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yes Truman and his advisors had biases, they wanted to win with minimum |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. japan |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Lots of "what ifs"...nobody will ever know how the war would have |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not many "what ifs". The U.S. was fighting an enemy that had not yet |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The Empire had presented terms of surrender |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 05:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Did you hear Maj Tibbets in this interview? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Advantage? Japan surrendered! n/t |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. They were going to surrender anyway. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. They surrendered promptly without massive allied casualties. |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. See, with the benefit of hindsight, when you really think about it.... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. surrender when? |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. bomb |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. harumph! what time and circumstance |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Surely you aren't serious? Given the vast quantity of detailed reports and |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. the story is that the japanese were really afraid of the Russians apparent |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I really hope you're kidding. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. We killed more Japanese cities with conventional weapons |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. tokyo |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. The bombs were for the USSR, not the Japanese. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. It was most certainly a war crime of monstrous proportions. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. The irony about the justifications for Hiroshima and Nagasaki... |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Perhaps if Iraq truly had nuclear capabilities the King of Fools would |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. pure posturing to scare the USSR... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hindsight makes us all experts... |
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