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In reply to the discussion: An overlooked A-bomb issue: the wait-a-couple-weeks argument [View all]Bucky
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I'm not a fan of US foreign policy today, but describing the US as "rotten" in the context of WW2 is pretty dang revisionist
The November invasion was already greenlit and well underway to planning. There was a great deal of expectation that it would be necessary even after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This whole "US should've waited a while longer" concept is hopelessly misinformed. The US did wait for a reply after the first bomb. It only strengthened the position of the war party and accellerated the Peace Party's efforts to get the Soviets to mediate. The invasion was going to go forward, probably on November 1 as planned.
Such a policy would've killed more than the two bombs.
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heaven forfend that we should discuss possible alternatives in such a horrific event.
niyad
Aug 2013
#3
Rape of Nanking. Heaven forbid that we should discuss possible alternatives in
Nanjing to Seoul
Aug 2013
#14
is it so hard to understand that the possible alternatives discussion reference should have happened
niyad
Aug 2013
#31
The world had gone through WWI and now less than thirty years later was engulfed in another war
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#9
The targeting documents are dry reading, like most military documents, but are available
ConcernedCanuk
Aug 2013
#60
I appreciate that you're not echoing the tired "save American lives" meme, but....
Jim Lane
Aug 2013
#25
Thanks for responding. I've based my arguments on primary sources, hence contradictions.
Bucky
Aug 2013
#36
I have often wondered what the ramifications of waiting for a Soviet invasion were
Lee-Lee
Aug 2013
#34
Sure, wait the additional time if you know that yet another powerful nation will declare war.
Jim Lane
Aug 2013
#38
Regardless - the indiscriminate slaughter and maiming of tens of thousands with one bomb is amoral
ConcernedCanuk
Aug 2013
#66