From: Adam 

Gary Wiltshire wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:35:43 -0500, Rich Gauszka 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
>> news:op.s68lebimeipai0{at}dsl40.bgtnvtpl.sover.net...
>>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:52:02 -0500, John Cuccia

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, that was why I posted the Hirshima picture.   The
"laws and
>>>> customs or war" are peacetime constructs which have
no influence on
>>>> wartime conduct.
>>>>
>>> And again, you'd have prefered the million or more American and Japanese
>>> casualities a full blown invasion would have cost.
>>> --
>>> Gary Wiltshire
>>
>> I'm not arguing against the Hiroshima bombing but I do doubt that we
>> would
>> have had to go into Operation 'Downfall' and invade even had we not
>> used the
>> atomic bomb.  We did own the air over Japan with the B29s  and the
>> firebombing raids had done far, far more damage to the morale of the
>> population ( i.e. 20 square miles of downtown Tokyo a sea of napalm
>> flame -
>> either burn or be asphyxiated).
>>
>>
>
> So firebombing, which killed more and destroyed more would be morally
> preferable?
>
> --Gary Wiltshire

There is no doubt that Hamburg & Tokyo would have been war crimes had we not won.

Adam

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