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Old Nov 3, 2007, 05:30 pm   #14 (permalink) (top)
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They attacked Pearl Harbor.... last I checked that was a military target... two cities are not.
As Helio has pointed out, the vicious militarist Japanese regime (firmly supported by the Japanese people) attacked far more than military targets. Hell, Prax, you never read history books?

This isn't to say that militarily pointless vindictiveness against helpless Japanese civilians was therefore OK.
But if you'd been Truman back in '45, what would you have done?
No offhand bullshit, Prax. State clearly how you would have proceeded and cite historically credible sources as the basis for your decisions.

Put up or shut up.


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