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Wutobliteration posted...

If not the nukings, how the hell else do you expect the war to end? Politicians to suddenly shake hands, talk with flowery words and kiss each other on the cheeks?

Do you have any idea how many millions of lives were saved in Asia thanks to the nukes which finally ceased the hell-on-earth Japanese occupation? Do you have any idea how many more lives from BOTH American and Japanese sides would have been lost if the nukes were not dropped? They'd have to invade Japan directly, and then you'll get what you see here: direct soldier atrocities on civilians, even worse than a bomb

I don't see how that means you can't apologise for the actions then, in this day and age - a sign to endeavour to not go to such extremes to best the enemy. And the nukes/firebombing were more than "just bombs" I'd say. The nukes have lasting impacts to this day and the firebombs are a horror of their own. You also have the matter that the nukes were possibly used more to scare Russia and force Japan far beyond into a surrender and into complete submission rather than "just doing what they had to".

War is bloody, and sometimes many horrors go on to try and get it to end - but we can look back now and realise the horrors we committed and learn from it, no? Push to not get the world into such a bloody conflict and realise that refusing to apologise for the atrocities doesn't do any good, especially when we so readily condemn others for not owning up to theirs.

Also, I think your hatred of Japan's stance and what they teach on the war is more than justified. Their own actions were horrendous, and well above what the "big issues" the allies did, I believe.
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