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Death 999
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Re: WAR
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2003, 12:47:47 am » |
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What you just said is largely true but not universal - consider the government of Japan. It was largely set up by the US (we wrote the constitution!) but we were also careful to make sure that the political control shifted onto the Japanese themselves. I do not know the time frame over which this occurred, but it has most distinctly done so.
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umgahbob
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Re: WAR
« Reply #40 on: March 04, 2003, 03:00:54 am » |
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Furthermore a terrorist attack is an unwarranted attack. That was an openly declared war. What most people don't like to pay attention to is the fact that more people were killed in the fire bombings on Tokyo than by fat man and little boy.
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Re: WAR
« Reply #41 on: March 04, 2003, 03:22:18 am » |
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Also, Omni-Sama, one crucial fact:
The United States of America is NOT a Democracy.
We are a Republic.
In a democracy every decision is made by popular vote. In a Republic, we elect people to office and tell them to make the decisions. So anyone who is not pleased with Bush, well, the American people DID elect him. (and please, don't complain about the Electoral College here, that's how the system works and wether it should work that way is a whole 'nother topic.)
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GermanNightmare
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Re: WAR
« Reply #42 on: March 04, 2003, 05:16:07 am » |
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IT SAVED LIVES.
think about it japanese live and died with a code of loyalty and honor. when the US captures one of their islands they fought to last man and would commit sucide instead of surrendering. if the US was forced to use ground troops the amount of death would have been worse than anyone would have imagine. there would be no civialions would pick up the arms of fallen solders and continue the fight. even after the second bomb the generals did not want to surrender. it was the emporer who order the surender. for some reason allot of poeple dont want to remeber those facts.
Again, this is the typical U.S. approach on that particular problem. The atom-bombs did not save lifes. They killed civilians. Not as collateral damage - on purpose. Not once, twice.
The argument of saving lives is very one-sided. It may have saved the lives of a lot of G.I.s. The Japanese would have argued "well, if you wan't these islands, there's a price for it to pay: after all, we don't want you here in the first place".
Being a soldier, you run the risk of getting killed in combat on a battle field. That's the risk involved in becoming a soldier. Being blasted away into the void with you whole city is on a much larger scale...
I just think that even though Japan and Germany attacked first, the means of Luftkrieg and the bomb raids against the civilians were beyond the point of righteousness - because they were aimed at the wrong people.
Oh umgahbob, using conventional weapons against civilians makes things better, huh?
Even in an openly declared war, there are always conventions (although usually noboday cares for them once the shooting starts). That more people were killed in the "normal" attacks on the city makes it less bad that so many were wiped out in the nuclear fire?
By the way, I still consider the attacks on the WTC as a terrorist act - but those guys have said openly before they did it that they wanted every American dead. Could be seen as a decleration of war?
[Doesn't state my personal opinion - just a thought!]
As for EL, that's true. Germany is a Federal Republic, and you're stuck with the guys you elected till the next election. (and I won't even start on ranting on the electorial system in the U.S.)
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Re: WAR
« Reply #43 on: March 04, 2003, 06:02:32 am » |
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FACTS::
Dead/Missing Hiroshima: 70,000-80,000 Nagasaki: 35,000-40,000 Tokyo Fire Raid:
83,000
The likely number of casualties the armed forces of the United States would suffer invading Japan was given as 200,000 to a million men
MY OPINION:
thats just the US casualties, not the Japanesse.
let the facts speak if you want to know where i got this
http://www.danshistory.com/ww2/atombomb.shtml
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Re: WAR
« Reply #44 on: March 04, 2003, 06:22:58 am » |
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Again, killing civilians to save soldier's lives (and I don't trust estimates, especially those concerning U.S. wars, at all) is a very sick equasion.
If you're a soldier, too bad, you are a number and cannon fodder. As a civilian, you're supposed to be able to stay out of the atrocities of war.
Sadly enough, the American public seems to forget that since they have never been victim of a full scale air-raid and bombing campaign. Or why was Dresden bombed in the final stage of WWII/Europe?
P.S.: The line you quoted was from a JOKE. Besides, I don't think anyone told the guys in Hiroshima or Nagasaki what was coming - the war was far away and they were only out for "homeland security".
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. oh well, it was very interesting while it lasted...
