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To: Clemenza

It didn’t save a single life. An invasion could have been avoided agreed to let the Japanese keep the emperor.


29 posted on 10/11/2009 10:43:15 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Captain Kirk

that is a non sequitor.....emporer was a non issue and is a red herring. The military cliques were running the show. Not until the Emporer read the damage reports did he overrule the miliatry leaders. He embraced Ketsu Go as well as numerous attrocities.

Japan’s pride and arrogance caught up to them. After years of slaughter, fanatical resistance.

READ KETSU-GO !!!!

http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_with_Bill_Whittle/Jon_Stewart%2C_War_Criminals_%26_The_True_Story_of_the_Atomic_Bombs/1808/


32 posted on 10/11/2009 10:48:08 AM PDT by ak267
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To: Captain Kirk

>>> It didn’t save a single life. An invasion could have been avoided agreed to let the Japanese keep the emperor. <<<

An invasion, and a lot of aerial bombing could have been avoided if the Japanese Imperial Govt’ had surrendered. Stop trying to shift the blame.


56 posted on 10/11/2009 11:54:44 AM PDT by Poe White Trash (Wake up!)
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To: Captain Kirk
It didn’t save a single life. An invasion could have been avoided agreed to let the Japanese keep the emperor.

Factually incorrect, as the final set - released in 1995 - of released decrypts (as pointed out here) show. Letting the Japanese "keep the emperor" wasn't the option the Japanese government was willing to live and die on: it was keeping the current governing structure, regime and players:

To wit: Their (Big Six) minimal goal was not confined to guaranteed retention of the Imperial Institution; they also insisted on preservation of the old militaristic order in Japan, the one in which they ruled... They were not seeking to surrender, but pursuing a negotiated end to the war that preserved the old order in Japan, not just a figurehead emperor.
64 posted on 10/11/2009 2:59:44 PM PDT by tanknetter
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