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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 07:45 PM Original message |
Turn on the History channel. We didn't have to A Bomb Japan. |
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Cappurr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes....that is true |
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bearfartinthewoods (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
200. just because it's called the 'history' chanel |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
207. not just the Russians |
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Yaoi_Huntress_Earth (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. *sigh* |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Another oversimplification of history |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. all our military leaders in theater thought it wasn't necessary as well |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. I have been trying to reform my self for a long time now. Please......... |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No Way an invasion of Japan would have happened.... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The war wasn't over |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. they werre a defeated nation with one condition |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Until they surrendered |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. they were a defeated nation trying to surrender with 1 condition... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Iraq is a sin, Japan was not |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. we are behaving JUST LIKE the imperial japanese today |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Not anywhere near |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:52 AM Response to Reply #48 |
95. you should read up n the GREATER EAST ASIA CO PROSPERITY SPHERE |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:18 AM Response to Reply #95 |
106. All human beings are capable |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:26 AM Response to Reply #106 |
110. look at our record since we NUKED two cities filled with innocent civilian |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. LOL |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:31 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. you can LAUGH at terrorism on a massive scale? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:37 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. It wasn't terrorism |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:47 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. nuking a defeated, trying to surender prostrate nations cities filled with |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:05 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. So many incorrect statements in such a small space |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:14 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. i can not help the blind to see, but i can see for my self |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:19 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Wow, the anti-FDR attack on DU? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:35 AM Response to Reply #131 |
139. just pointing out the FACTS you can spin it however you want |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:48 AM Response to Reply #139 |
149. Actually you can throw LEGIT attacks at leaders all you want |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:01 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. it is funny how some equate FACTS with attacks... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:05 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. Again more propaganda |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:19 PM Response to Reply #161 |
166. July 1941 President Roosevelt embargoed oil shipments to Japan |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:46 PM Response to Reply #166 |
173. Embargoes are legal and are not acts of war |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
148. "Strange" that you excuse Japan's "mass terrorism" |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:53 AM Response to Reply #148 |
151. the topic of this thread is OUR terrorism |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:56 AM Response to Reply #151 |
154. We didn't have two wrongs |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:06 PM Response to Reply #154 |
162. your pithy comments are highly offensive considering the topic |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:08 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. None of my comments have been pulled |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:21 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. i am glad |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 02:14 PM Response to Reply #148 |
189. Bomb Terrorists? |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:52 PM Response to Reply #110 |
176. necessary evil |
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rangerhobbit (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
66. good post |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:54 AM Response to Reply #66 |
96. we are only just getting started... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
145. And bpilgrim will say it a million times - the same exact thing |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
87. We had other bombs on the way -- |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:15 AM Response to Reply #87 |
104. we accepted their 1 condition, then the war ended |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:27 AM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Yes, imagine |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:33 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. if we had accepted their 1 condition in the spring of 45 how many lives |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:20 AM Response to Reply #116 |
132. I do and it's scary |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:07 PM Response to Reply #116 |
208. Not true |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
210. that is absolute nonsense |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:54 AM Response to Reply #210 |
220. Stalin did not rebuff them and the US was secretly listening to the..... |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
142. Oversimplification R Them |
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quilp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. There were two bombs, one plutonium, the other uranium. |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
199. Not really -- they'd developed two types of Bombs -- both were available, |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Which makes no sense at all |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you totally ignorant of American history??? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What I mean to say is that... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. The US, WWII And Imperialism |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Please elaborate n/t |
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quilp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. We have troops in dozens of countries. We've just invaded another. |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Since when |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Common Sense suggests Nuking Japan wasn't necessary... |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. about as sane as |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Japan had an option |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. they had one condition... we had the options |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Actually |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. we NUKED a defeated nations cities, filled with innocent civilians. TWICE |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. You have to surrender to be defeated |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. they had one condition... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Not terrorist at all |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
99. murdering hundreds of thousands innocent civilians is TERRORISM |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:21 AM Response to Reply #99 |
107. We aren't ashamed for dropping the bomb. Nor should we be. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:29 AM Response to Reply #107 |
113. you aren't, obviously and neither are the uniformed and especially the |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:43 AM Response to Reply #113 |
120. It was an act of war |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #120 |
130. so you subscribe to TOTAL WAR? just like Richard Perle. |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
78. Still not true. It was Unconditional Surrender. Unconditional. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:57 AM Response to Reply #78 |
98. it is true... the institution of EMPEROR remains to this very day. |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 04:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
197. It was not their demand or condition. They made NONE. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Total Capitulation Lead To World War II |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
153. "It's Never Necessary To Make An Adversary Capitulate" |
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loudnclear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, nuking any nation is not necessary... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Japan began the war |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. that does not give us permission to commit TERRORISM with WMD |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. You are the one being an extremist |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. you defend the use of WMD to MURDER hundreds of thousands of civilians |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. I defend ending the war against a nation that hadn't surrendered |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. and the way we "ended" it was to nuke women & children?!? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
84. The nukes |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
97. the BIG LIE |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:22 AM Response to Reply #97 |
108. The president |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #108 |
117. commited an act of terrorism that will forever stain america |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
135. You can't eliminate WMD |
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FDR2004 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:08 PM Response to Reply #117 |
180. Visit the A-bomb museum in Hiroshima |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. On the way |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. It was necessary. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:17 PM Original message |
Bullshit |
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rangerhobbit (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. dichotomy |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Hey, caroline, do you make these things up as you type? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No, but we were right and Japan was wrong |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Nice personal attack |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
77. More of my what? |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
140. Again, you are a voice of reason, draftcaroline |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 04:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
198. More like a statue of reason, Woodstock |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yep ....Sad isn't it ? ...Zinn wrote about this also |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. One thought is... |
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Procopius (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Were you with Truman at the time? Were you allive during WWII? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. military leaders in theater AT THE TIME said that they were NOT necessary |
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Procopius (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. They still deserved it. Peace. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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Procopius (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. They deserved it. End of story. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
100. something OBL would say i am sure |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
88. Then you would agree that the people in the World Trade Center... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
196. Were you allive during WWII?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. all the military leaders in theater at the time disagree with you... |
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Procopius (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Why did MacArthur want to bomb China later in the Korean War? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. they were kicking our butt... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
76. Here's a couple "shreds" . |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:03 AM Response to Reply #76 |
101. excellent post - great quotes |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
72. LOL! " I love the way liberal apologists alwaysgloss over that ..." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
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HPLeft (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
53. If you're watching the program that I saw on the history channel... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. General LeMay: Good Leftist Apologist? |
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rangerhobbit (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. false premise |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:23 AM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Not yet. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:30 AM Response to Reply #73 |
89. what makes them "innocent" is that they are "non-combatants" |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 04:07 AM Response to Reply #89 |
222. Truman should have given them a demo in the bay first... |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
90. "...no such thing as an "innocent civilian" in a democracy." |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Not exactly |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:40 AM Response to Reply #91 |
119. so then you think 911 wasn't a crime? |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:05 AM Response to Reply #91 |
126. Then you're perfectly muddled. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:31 AM Response to Reply #126 |
136. You might have missed this |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. news flash: OBL has been at war with us for years... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:50 AM Response to Reply #141 |
150. News flash -- he's not a nation and can't declare war |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:24 PM Response to Reply #150 |
169. oh, so only nations are allowed to attack civilians? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:31 PM Response to Reply #169 |
184. Only nations can declare war |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #136 |
147. You're confused. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:57 AM Response to Reply #147 |
156. My avatar |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:03 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. That, is a bald-faced lie. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:07 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. I don't just beg to differ, I know |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:26 PM Response to Reply #163 |
170. that is your problem... you think you have ALL the truth |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:48 PM Response to Reply #170 |
174. I don't have all the truth, no one does |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:57 PM Response to Reply #174 |
203. And he wouldn't be cheering or condoning the a-bomb... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:35 PM Response to Reply #203 |
204. Respectfully |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 04:48 AM Response to Reply #204 |
224. Nowhere was there mention of Jews resisting Nazis |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 06:37 AM Response to Reply #224 |
225. This is sad |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 01:35 PM Response to Reply #225 |
250. Don't be ignorant! |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 01:46 PM Response to Reply #250 |
251. Totally different events |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:02 PM Response to Reply #251 |
254. so... you are saying that the japanese were evil to the core and had to be |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:37 PM Response to Reply #251 |
256. You're being ignorant again. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:13 PM Response to Reply #203 |
209. No muddle here on this point |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 01:49 PM Response to Reply #209 |
252. more muddle, muddle, muddle... |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
81. The Japanese were not going to surrender. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Deleted message |
DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. that's completely irrelevant to the statement |
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rangerhobbit (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. good point! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:03 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. yeah, he went in 61 |
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rangerhobbit (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:17 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. acid pads doooooood |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Here they go again, bringing in the damn accountants, can't some......... |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:56 AM Response to Reply #68 |
155. And not a cry for the atrocities committed by Japan |
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FreedomReload (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Marines |
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Cloud (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. From what I learned in school |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 05:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Nagasaki was alternate target, Kokura being the primary one. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
85. Grudges |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
133. It wasn't exactly "this" goddamn government, FreedomReload |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-03 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. one month after Hiroshima |
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hooligan (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
79. I visited Nagasaki last summer... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:55 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Isn't that nice of him |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:13 AM Response to Reply #86 |
103. yes it was! |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:25 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. Some folks make self defense a crime |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:55 AM Response to Reply #109 |
123. what a complete joke |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:33 AM Response to Reply #123 |
137. Our terms were our choice |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:42 AM Response to Reply #137 |
146. the BOMBS were not necessary AND amounted to TERRORISM on a massive scale |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:58 AM Response to Reply #146 |
157. History |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:29 PM Response to Reply #157 |
171. more pithy comments supporting the BIG LIE does not make history |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:50 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. Reason |
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hooligan (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 03:24 AM Response to Reply #86 |
221. What is the point |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
80. I have no problem with the bombing of Hiroshima |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:11 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. They didn't surrender unconditionally. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:34 AM Response to Reply #80 |
93. Atomic bombs are Racist at their core |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:48 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Bombs are not racist |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:18 AM Response to Reply #94 |
105. the ones who order them to be dropped were TERRORIST on a GRAND SCALE |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:30 AM Response to Reply #105 |
114. Yes, racism was active on both sides |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:01 AM Response to Reply #114 |
124. you advocate TOTAL WAR after everything we now know is exactly why |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:35 AM Response to Reply #124 |
138. WWII was total war on ALL sides |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:40 AM Response to Reply #138 |
143. oh... and that makes everything all right? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:55 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. Actually it does |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:31 PM Response to Reply #152 |
172. BULLSHIT |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:52 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. Nanking, Bataan, Comfort Women were not a cartoon |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:19 PM Response to Reply #172 |
211. Not a cartoon--it was asia's worst war ever |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:17 PM Response to Reply #211 |
214. got any links |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:02 PM Response to Reply #143 |
179. The core fallacy is because something or someone is different it ........ |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #138 |
144. I have an acquaintence in Japan who can pass for German |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:08 AM Response to Reply #80 |
102. you have no problem NUKING a defensless city filled with innocent people |
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uptohere (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:24 PM Response to Reply #102 |
168. the people were advised to leave, many did |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 07:13 AM Response to Reply #168 |
227. got a link? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
127. Did anyone else watch "Living with Tigers" on Discovery instead? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
129. Deleted message |
bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 11:24 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. by exposing thier fallacies i hope we can prevent a future horror |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:09 PM Response to Reply #134 |
165. You can't eliminate WMD |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:08 PM Response to Reply #134 |
181. I'm Not Going To Get Back In This Briar Patch... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:02 PM Response to Reply #129 |
159. Japan is our friend |
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boilertommy (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 12:57 PM Response to Reply #159 |
178. A Bombs |
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TSElliott (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #178 |
182. I would not say self hatred... |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:33 AM Response to Reply #178 |
235. What a wonderful Hannity-esque spin you give the debate... |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
185. Let's confine ourselves to the facts, and the relevant time period. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 02:09 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. To let the perspective of one view, overide the views of others is |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. I am sorry, but |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. The relevance is not if they dropped them (for they did), rather if he.. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 03:30 PM Response to Reply #185 |
194. all informed military leaders in theater then said they were NOT necessary |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 03:43 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Pilgrim, |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 05:19 PM Response to Reply #195 |
201. the link i have provided contains the most up-to-date info on the subject |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 06:47 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. Very detailed and shows a lot that 58 year old campaign |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 07:47 PM Response to Reply #201 |
205. A few more questions ... |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:07 PM Response to Reply #205 |
212. ... |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:29 PM Response to Reply #212 |
215. I give up. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 07:32 AM Response to Reply #215 |
228. read up on the subject, you will have more to contribute afterwards |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:37 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. Again not exactly true |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:57 PM Response to Reply #216 |
218. Thank you muddle of the road. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:12 AM Response to Reply #218 |
232. for what? he provides no sources only the oft repeated propaganda |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 07:34 AM Response to Reply #216 |
229. you can't ignore the fact that japan has an emperor to this very day |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 07:36 AM Response to Reply #229 |
230. Japan surrendered after being nuked twice |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:09 AM Response to Reply #230 |
231. and having their 1 condition met |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:17 AM Response to Reply #231 |
233. How do you know they weren't necessary? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:24 AM Response to Reply #233 |
234. they were defeated militarily, they were trying to surrender, all military |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:35 AM Response to Reply #234 |
236. Again you ignore history |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 09:29 AM Response to Reply #236 |
240. i have quoted people from that history, provided sources and links yet |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 09:47 AM Response to Reply #240 |
241. We WERE the guys with the white hats |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 10:28 AM Response to Reply #241 |
242. not when we nuked a defeated nation trying to surender... TWICE |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 11:07 AM Response to Reply #242 |
243. No matter how often you say it, Japan still hadn't surrendered |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 12:10 PM Response to Reply #243 |
244. they didn't surender till their 1 condition was met |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 12:28 PM Response to Reply #244 |
245. More propaganda |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 01:53 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. you said it... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:05 PM Response to Reply #253 |
255. Not at all |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:57 PM Response to Reply #255 |
257. fyi: we are talking about the a-bomb decision |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 03:02 PM Response to Reply #257 |
258. It's all part and parcel to the same action |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:52 AM Response to Reply #231 |
239. That, plus we ran out of bombs |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
186. The A Bomb |
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timbo (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 01:57 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. A few questions |
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boilertommy (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 02:44 PM Response to Reply #187 |
191. Ending War |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
193. Good gravy |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
206. not true |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 09:13 PM Response to Reply #206 |
213. well all the military leaders in theater at the time disagree with you... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-03 10:39 PM Response to Reply #213 |
217. Only after we nuked them did they surrender |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 02:38 AM Response to Reply #217 |
219. NOT, but good try, here read this if you need a little more info |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
223. Heh |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 06:39 AM Response to Reply #223 |
226. Since this is an old topic |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:38 AM Response to Reply #226 |
237. very good Muddle |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 08:47 AM Response to Reply #237 |
238. I have a gold star |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 12:32 PM Response to Reply #238 |
246. I dont donate to sites |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 12:39 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. You brought it up |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 12:48 PM Response to Reply #247 |
248. ahhhh |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-03 01:25 PM Response to Reply #248 |
249. Fair enough |
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