Reply #41: Actually, fuzzy

[cali]

My MA is in history- not this period, but I did study it. I'll hazard from reading your posts, that I'm a little more conversant with the facts surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, than thee. You assert that prior to dropping the bomb the war was no where near to drawing to a conclusion. Actually, there's a considerable amount of debate in academic circles about whether the bombing of Japan was neccessary to effect surrender. Just Google it, for fuck's sake, instead of making an absolutist claim.

Your remark about wanting a rational discussin is bullshit. I provided you with a scenario that countered your rosy if we'd only nuked them we'd be at peace for a thousand years scenario, and you didn't respond to it. Let me suggest some more possibilities. We nuke Hanoi. The cold war heats up; or, we nuke Hanoi, and 15 years later the U.S.S.R nukes Afghanistan.

Yes, I'm emotional about people who advocate nuking cities as a solution. It's stupid and callous.