Do we really want to debate this again?
Maris
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From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Bombing Japan - private
| Lasse:
|
| I believe that, while the targets were not named, warnings of some sort
were given. Certainly, after Hiroshima the Japanese government knew what
would happen if they did not surrender, and did not take immediate action.
|
| Having been to Hiroshima and having visited the museum there and listened
to survivors, I regret that it had to happen. If, however, you read "Flags
of our Fathers" or other descriptions of the battle at Iwo Jima, you may
understand why I, and many Americans, believe the bombings were preferable
to an invasion of the main islands of
| Japan.
|
| Dan
|
| Lasse wrote:
|
| > > I guess it's a matter of definition of "warning",
| > > but by any reasonable use of the language, in
| > > the case of the two bombs on Hiroshima and
| > > Nagasaki respectively, there was no warning
| > > that would have given the civilians a chance
| > > to escape. More than 100 000 civilians were
| > > killed there.
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