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Originally Posted by EnI  You have no idea what you're saying, aren't you. 
Iwo Jima was a Japanese island featuring Japanese naval base. Something similar to Pearl Harbor. A military facility.
Just like Japanese attacked PH - AN AMERICAN MILITARY FACILITY(!!!) - Americans attacked Iwo Jima - A JAPANESE MILITARY FACILITY.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki were cities - civilian facilities were targeted & demolished, not the military ones.
See the difference?
In a war there is much difference when military facilities / troops are targeted, opposite to civilian targets / civilians.
Geneva convention is clear: direct attack on civilians is a war crime.
And nuking Hiroshima & Nagasaki - literally erasing more than 200,000 civilians in a few seconds - is IMO a war crime par excellence.
Anyone who can see that is either brainwashed, or at least completely ignorant. That saying I'm aware Japanese warriors also committed numerous war crimes - mainly in China, Korea & other near-by countries. Having killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, raped thousands of women, tortured numerous POW etc.
I'm also aware generally in WWII French, Britons, Russians, Americans & their allies were the "good guys", while eg. Germans, Italians & Japanese & co. were "bad guys". But that nuking was way to excessive.
Nuking entire cities is just - as said - war crime par excellence. Just behind Holocaust. Talking about WWII war crimes of course.
Not to mention US generals were eager to drop even more nuclear bombs in the case Japan continues with war activities. Fortunately Japan surrendered just in time.
Please take no offense. I just can't understand how can you defend such an evil act just because it was done by your country / army.
IMO every such act should be condemned - no matter who does it.  |
What I was saying about Iwo Jima was that the island of only about 2 square miles cost 20,000 Japanese lives and close to 6,900 American lives with close to 20,000 wounded. What would have happened if the US was forced to invade Japan? How many would have been killed on both sides? That was my point as to why we dropped the bomb. 27,000 people lost their life for 2 square miles now multiply that by how big Japan is. The Japanese were getting more and more desperate the closer we got to the home islands and once we got to the home island everyone would have fought including civilians.
Yes it sucks 200,000 people died with the two bombs, but it could have been much worse, we will never know.
How do you feel about Dresden?