Posted on 08/06/2012 11:59:49 PM PDT by Noremac
Absolutely agree - as well as with all the other posts. We had to do it, there was no other option.
I think the title of the post might have been vulnerable to misinterpretation. Lost in this is the point that the opponents of the bombings fail to note that we in fact, went out of our way to spare civilian deaths.
They chose to obey their government rather than save their own lives.
I didn’t mention that my dad served in the Navy and one of the things he wound up having to do on numerous occasions was to fish the dead bodies of American pilots out of the Pacific Ocean. He was a tough guy, but his eyes would water a bit remembering all that he saw there.
Let me be clear to all the other commenters. I, in no way meant to minimize the despicable actions of the Japanese military and government - nor am I in the least suggesting that we had any other option than to drop those bombs.
The responsibility for the deaths of civilians lay with the Japanese government and the Imperial Army and Navy. Period.
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