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Why are nukes such a no no and fire bombing is okay???
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:02 pm
The US killed far more Japanese with firebombing than nukes far more...and it was okay. Dead is dead right??
And Im not talking about a nuclear holocaust, Im talking about using a nuke anywhere, for any reason is taboo.
Its entered our nomenclature. Its like racist words, a man can be beaten to death and its a terrible tragedy....until we find out he used a racist word, then, well he deserved it. Okay I embellish but not far from the truth. If the person cussed you and disparaged you, is it any different than a racial slur?
And Im not talking about a nuclear holocaust, Im talking about using a nuke anywhere, for any reason is taboo.
Its entered our nomenclature. Its like racist words, a man can be beaten to death and its a terrible tragedy....until we find out he used a racist word, then, well he deserved it. Okay I embellish but not far from the truth. If the person cussed you and disparaged you, is it any different than a racial slur?
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Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:02 pm to trinidadtiger
Neither is "okay".
What we did to Tokyo, Dresden, etc etc was an abomination
What we did to Tokyo, Dresden, etc etc was an abomination
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:04 pm to trinidadtiger
I don’t think firebombing a city is okay today.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:05 pm to trinidadtiger
War is hell. You only commit war crimes when you lost.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:06 pm to trinidadtiger
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Why are nukes such a no no and fire bombing is okay???
I mean, it isn’t.
Only a moron would say that fire bombing is a good thing.
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War is hell. You only commit war crimes when you lost.
This.
This post was edited on 10/16/22 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:08 pm to jimmy the leg
Radiation is a slow death, whereas fire is quicker, but there are many more hazards
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:11 pm to Allister Fiend
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You only commit war crimes when you lost.
Victors definitely wrote the history books
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:14 pm to trinidadtiger
Radiation leaves areas uninhabitable for a long time. Fire just clears out the property.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:19 pm to Young Wattz
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What we did to Tokyo, Dresden, etc etc was an abomination
It is like Japan set the precedent, crossed that line, with the rape of Nanking in 1937. Sort of like Germany complaining about Dresden while conveniently forgetting about the bombing of London, Rotterdam or Guernica all when Germany was top dog.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:21 pm to Young Wattz
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You only commit war crimes when you lost.
Victors definitely wrote the history books
in theory:
colonel McNamara Harvard math major who designed the bombing pattern used to firebomb Germany was a war criminal and so was his boss gen Curtis lemay.
irl:
McNamara was later sec of defense while gen lemay was over entire military during Vietnam war/conflict/disaster.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:21 pm to Tigers2010a
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Sort of like Germany complaining about Dresden while conveniently forgetting about the bombing of London
Brits bombed German cities for months before they responded in kind.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:22 pm to Tigers2010a
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Sort of like Germany complaining about Dresden while conveniently forgetting about the bombing of London
Or like us complaining about the rape of Nanking, and then doing the same to germany post-war.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:27 pm to j1897
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rape of Nanking, and then doing the same to germany post-war.
no one but you thinks that.
care to read a link about post war Germany and the Marshall Plan?
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:30 pm to CelticDog
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:33 pm to trinidadtiger
Nukes are assault weapons. Like AR15s.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:40 pm to Young Wattz
went to link. a book for sale.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:43 pm to trinidadtiger
I missed the part where anyone said that firebombing cities was OK.
Of course the obvious answer is that nuclear strikes involve radioactive fallout…
Of course the obvious answer is that nuclear strikes involve radioactive fallout…
Posted on 10/16/22 at 12:59 pm to trinidadtiger
It is called radiation sickness...
Posted on 10/16/22 at 1:08 pm to Young Wattz
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What we did to Tokyo, Dresden, etc etc was an abomination
I beg to differ...greatly. What we did to Tokyo and Dresden saved American soldiers' lives. Better the enemy's soldiers and civilians die than ours.
Posted on 10/16/22 at 1:11 pm to CelticDog
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a book for sale.
You can read the summary. Here is a part.
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On May 8, 1945 the shooting ended in Europe. But, shockingly, the war against Germany went on. Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill had decreed that the German people must suffer-and suffer they did. Driven from their homes, looted of their property, decimated by famine and disease, raped, robbed, and enslaved, millions of Germans-most of them women and children-bore the brunt of what Time magazine called "history's most terrifying peace".
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