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++ for the asbestos information, but you are way off mark to suggest that the A-bomb ended WWII in Japan.

Japan was already putting out peace feelers with a view to surrender. Truman was worried about the reaction of the American population when they found out that billions of dollars (in 1940s real dollars) researching weaponary that was never to be used! Imagine all the B-17s and B-29s they could have built with the money... The pressure was too much to resist: he had to order the bomb to be used, in order to prove that the money spent was worthwhile.

And US and western media basically went along with this story for decades. We all heard at school that the death toll would have been horrific had there been a land-based war on Japanese soil. This was never on the cards, Japan was trying to find an honourable way to surrender and make peace.

Alternate media channels tried to bring this issue to light a couple of years ago, and were roundly attacked for doing so. Never mind that in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 95% of the victims were civilians.

Some more interesting links on this subject. I am sure that googling for atomic bomb hiroshima controversy will turn up many more links -- these are just old links I have bookmarked in years past.

update: how cute, in this whole OT thread, this node managed to garner a response labelling it off-topic. I thought this forum was about Perl, but never mind.

I freely admit to fail[ing] to offer an alternative, consequence-free path of action. The immensity of the stupefying act of terrorism boggles my mind. That said, I don't think jingoistic editorials like this particular diatribe offer any constructive advice. That's just pouring oil on the fire.

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in thread The World Trade Center Tragedy by blakem

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