From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Well given the US was anticipating a million or so US casualties and more
for the Japanese I would go along with the sane part. Even with the use of
the bomb a portion of the Japanese army wanted to continue fighting.

Bob Lewis

"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:4117e737$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yeah ... I shouldn't have equated "first strike" with
"first use".  We'll
> have to disagree on "sane".
>
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:4117ba51{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Not first strikes , first atomic strikes but not first strikes.
Definitely
> > sane though.
> >
> > Bob Lewis
> >
> > "John Beamish" 
wrote in message
> > news:4117a8b5{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > August 6, 1945; August 8, 1945.
> > >
> > > "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
> > > news:4117a0fb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >
> > > > I don't think a first strike has ever been remotely
sane to anyone
who
> > > > has nukes.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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