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> I know that the enemy is on its last legs So they're still fighting and the war is not over yet? > there's nothing about "invading" that's worse than droppi
by cheriot 10y ago
> I know that the enemy is on its last legs
So they're still fighting and the war is not over yet?
> there's nothing about "invading" that's worse than dropping nukes on civilians
A country's leadership is responsible to its own people first. Truman dropped bombs to avoid sacrificing his people. Tojo let his people die to avoid loosing face.
WW2 ended in a horrific way and the stories popular in the US definitely leave out details that make the US look bad. However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias.
- reitanqild 10y ago> However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias. I'm adding this to my selection for future usage.
- jessaustin 10y agoTojo let his people die to avoid loosing [sic] face. According to TFA we should probably blame Nitobe for that as well. Frankly this seems as ridiculous to me as blaming Nietzsche for the Nazis.
- coldtea 10y ago>A country's leadership is responsible to its own people first. That's the kind of thinking that leads to genocide and war crimes. >However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias. Well, not much bias. This is pretty much how big powers always operated. Read a few now US historians on WWII -- or somebody closer to Howard Zinn than some "celebrated establishment academic".