WWII has been my hobby BTW, Hitler even said that he was sad that Britian declared war on Germany and tried many times to make peace with them, because he saw them as brothers (as opposite to the Jews, Russians, etc.). I suggest "the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer. A great book!Originally Posted by DDT
And who decides who is righteous? The victor. All combatants in WWII thought themselves as "righteous". Sorry for the klishe, but people don't kill people, guns do. If you take out the war industry of Japan, you win the war. In your thinking, one should be killing, say, iraqi citizens, so that the insurgency would end. Burn down villages that hide terrorists, right?Originally Posted by DDT
Another curious fact: When Germany fell, they REDOUBLED their efforts to build the bomb, because they were afraid the war would end before they were finished.
I also disagree. This is not point at all. I am making a simple statement: the specific event of the atom bombs dropped on Japan is a terrorist act. I am not denouncing war in general at all!Originally Posted by DDT
Let me put it in another way, so you might be more agreable. It was a NECESSARY terrorist act.
I am sorry, but specifically targeting civilians to promote your military/political/religious agenda is terrorism. Life is hard! Instead of fighting the notion, agree that sometimes terrorism is necessary. It is simply a tactic.Originally Posted by DDT