Hiroshima and Nagasaki

[earth_as_one]

It would be sufficient to be honest and hold individual people accountable for their actions.

 

[EagleSmack]

Lots of people were held accountable.

 

[ironsides]

You seem to have a hard distinguishing between civilians and soldiers. Deliberately reducing a city full of civilians to ashes isn't the same as a battle at sea involving only soldiers.

Was there a real difference between civilians and the Japanese Military back then, not really Japan was fanatical behind the war effort. We would have had to destroy their cities one way or another. Atom Bomb or fire bomb them into surrender.

 

[CDNBear]

Was there a real difference between civilians and the Japanese Military back then, not really Japan was fanatical behind the war effort. We would have had to destroy their cities one way or another. Atom Bomb or fire bomb them into surrender.

Which is exactly what eao's link illustrated.

The problem is, eao didn't think about that until after the fact.

 

[Colpy]

It was still a war crime back in 1945 to deliberately attack civilians.

So, charge everybody. Every politician in the democratic world, every one of the leaders of the fascist states, every military commander charged with strategy, ever soldier who carried out the attacks, and every civilian that supported the war effort...... Get the idea that "war crimes" is simply irrelevant in this case???????

 

[YukonJack]

Japan was NOT a signatory of the Geneva Convention when the atomic bomb was dropped. Then dropped again.

Japan signed and verified the Geneva Convention on April 21st, 1953.

When you are NOT a signatory of an international treaty/agreement don't expect any benefit from it.

BTW, the same goes for Islamst terrorists.

 

[ironsides]

Nothing like watching an Island being eliminated eh?:roll:

They showed a two finned nurse shark the other night on TV, that mutated from a 3 finned one. All due to radiation. (Bikini Atoll)