From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

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

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