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From: hijab@cad.BERKELEY.EDU (Raif Hijab)
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Subject: Re: Lives saved by nuking Japan?!? (was Re: The Presidents...)
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Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 03:34:12 EDT
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In article <2928@jhunix.UUCP>, ins_apmj@jhunix.UUCP (Patrick M Juola) writes:
> 	The defense of the Japanese islands was/would have been the
> defense equivalent of a jihad, a holy war. 

Why was it so imperative to conquer the Japanese islands?