Post from Big_Bear -
It was easier to justify Nagasaki and Hiroshima as saving more lives than were lost.
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But the atomic bombs dropped there did indeed save many more lives than were lost! There are even a number of Japanese historians that agree that the bombs most likely [u]saved[/u] Japanese culture!
Somehow I think it would be easier to accept collateral damage if one thinks about the Arab men, women, and children celebrating in the streets and passing out candy.
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One need not [u]think[/u] that there are Arabs dancing in the streets over our recent tragedy, one can look at the actual films and photos of such celebrations!
Not that the dancing and gift-giving folks are to be deliberately targeted in any US military response, but being of German descent, I cannot be the least bit concerned that the Allied bombing over Nazi Germany may have harmed [i]die Mutter und die Kinder.[/i]
Sad, but such is the way of war, and dead mothers and children are subjects that should have been thought about by my German family when they clear-eyed and purposefully voted for Herr Hitler!
If we think that wars are fought otherwise, we are deluding ourselves, for it would mean that [u]any[/u] military target of any consequence would be surrounded by day-care centers, elementary schools, and orphanages!!!
Eric The(Cynical,German)Hun[>]:)]