re: What was the Greatest Necessary Evil?

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Of course, there were also factions arguing to fight to the very last man, woman, and child.

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When you tell a culture that honors dying in combat that you'll only accept their total unconditional surrender, you're saying they must fight to the last child that can hold a gun.

Also, if we weren't out in the Pacific creating our own empire, would we have crossed paths with the Japanese?