On 9/15/2019 3:00 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 09:34:44 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> No need to run away from this discussion. Just think about
>> what you said.
>>
>> Don't ignore reality, dsi1. Japs already took over the other
>> south pacific islands. Hawaii would have been a big score for
>> them...the next big step to be in range of mainland USA and they,
>> in fact, did try to get closer in the Aleutions after they
>> couldn't conquer Hawaii.
>>
>> Don't forget how the Japanese mistreated allied POWs either. They
>> really were an evil empire back in those days but war does that
>> to people. It's just worldwide insanity. And most of the people
>> killed or doing the killing were just normal people that would
>> prefer to live in peace.
>
> They also treated civilians badly, including women and children. Put
> them in concentration camps, almost starved them to death. Of course
> throwing an atomic bomb on their cities is also an inconceivable
> atrocity. The second biggest western atrocity after the Holocaust.
>

I guess that falls under "seemed like a good idea at the time". It did
help bring and end to the war and it will be debated forever how many
lives would have been lost otherwise. We'll never know what
alternatives may have worked. Or not.