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From: goudreau@dg_rtp.UUCP (Bob Goudreau)
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Subject: Re: Lives saved by nuking Japan?!? (was Re: The Presidents...)
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Date: Wed, 4-Jun-86 17:45:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  4 17:45:38 1986
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In article <478@cad.BERKELEY.EDU> hijab@cad.BERKELEY.EDU (Raif Hijab) writes:
>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?

Remember what happened the last time we let the enemy help set the conditions of
surrender?  (Germany in WWI)  Remember "stabbed in the back," etc. used as an
excuse for Germany's rearmament?  It was clearly worthwhile to conquer Japan
completely, if only to rid it of the militaristic stranglehold on government.

Bob Goudreau