Simon,
What exactly was a defended target against an atomic bomb back in 1945? Would it make any difference if it was dropped there?
There were tens of thousands Chinese that were unarmed when the Japanese invaded western China and murdered them, do you see a difference between that and the dropping of the bomb?
Is it simply the time frame in how quickly people died that bothers you? The tens of thousands of Chinese over a few months or the tens of thousands of Japanese within a fraction of a second? Which one is the bigger atrocity and what is it that decides that factor?
I am in total agreement with you that the whole thing was stupid to begin with. Any holy war with desires to rule the world is stupid. But, it was the Japanese who invaded their Asian brothers and tried to take back the land that was then being held by the British, not the Americans.
It was both the British as well as the Americans that put sanctions against Japan and gave aid to the Chinese. The last straw is when both the British and the Americans cut off the oil to Japan that made them decide to attack Pearl Harbor. This was several months after they had already invaded the many British held countries as well as taking Hong Kong back from the British.
I know you are as fed up with your countries involvement in the middle east as I am with my country. But, please spread the fault to all who share it. In that war, the atrocities fall in the hands of all involved. Not just the Americans.
It was the Japanese who first wanted to show how powerful they were by invading the majority of other Asian countries. You said their is justification for 911 because America wants to show how powerful they are. So with that in mind you must also agree that there was justification for the Americans for dropping the bomb on Japan because the Japanese wanted to show the world how powerful they were by invading most of Asia.
Simon, you are smarter then that. Don't let your anger cloud your reason.
Dave
