Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:64031 talk.politics.mideast:34301 trial.talk.politics.peace:51 alt.desert-storm:8476 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!plogan From: plogan@mentorg.com (Patrick Logan) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.mideast,trial.talk.politics.peace,alt.conspiracy,alt.desert-storm Subject: Re: The Nuclear Option Message-ID: <1991Feb19.160222.1354@mentorg.com> Date: 19 Feb 91 16:02:22 GMT References: <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> <1991Feb9.075438.17779@alembic.acs.com> <1991Feb11.023449.17583@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Feb11.172446.7039@engin.umich.edu> <1991Feb11.204302.27201@meteor.wisc.edu> <1991Feb12.174 Distribution: talk Organization: engr Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: thorntn@ccu.umanitoba.ca's message of 12 Feb 91 17:44:32 GMT In article <1991Feb12.174432.904@ccu.umanitoba.ca> thorntn@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Duncan Peter G. Thornton) writes: I would like to give Truman the benefit of the doubt here, and assume that he did not drop both bombs because he was worried about re-election, but because he sincerely believed it would save lives (and not just American soldiers' lives). It is widely accepted now that the bombs were dropped in August in an effort to reduce Soviet influence in post-war Asia. Evidence in the form of diaries and other documents made available via the freedom of information act is widely available but doesn't receive much publicity. I don't have references at hand, but given some time can produce them. Duncan Thornton | When an idea is too weak to stand the test of simple thorntn@ccu.umanitoba.ca | expression, it should be dropped. - Vauvenargues -- Patrick Logan, uunet!mntgfx!patrick_logan -or- patrick_logan@mentorg.com Mentor Graphics Corp. 8500 SW Creekside, Beaverton, Oregon 97005-7191 => Note that I have a new email address listed above!