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From: scott@islenet.UUCP (Scott Allen)
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Subject: Re: Lives saved by nuking Japan?!? (was Re: The Presidents...)
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Date: Tue, 10-Jun-86 21:37:12 EDT
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> In article <478@cad.BERKELEY.EDU>, hijab@cad.UUCP writes:
>     Also, a warring nation is rarely concerned with the losses of the 
> enemy.  The dropping of the atomic-bomb  certainly did save American lives.
1. Use of the bomb, it is acknowledged by both US and Japanese scholars,
saved Japanese lives as well. It is too bad this fact is conveniently lost
again and again by those who, not having been aware of the facts at the 
time, nevertheless presume to know the motivations of the sides.

2. It is unlikely that a conquering general who would leave the Emperor
in place had no concern for the lives of non-combatant Japanese.
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