Totem wrote:
And by-the-by, Red, the Sovs and Chinese's record on n-bomb usage is actually far far poorer than ours-- particularly if you are of the belief that nuking Nihon was a pragmatic and logical choice. On the other hand, if you are one of those who insist Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unnecessary, there's no much to discuss, is there? After all, I can only have reasoned discourse (discourse, BT, discourse) with someone who hasn't completely swallowed the silly lefty argument against nukes hook, line, and sinker.
Well the "Sovs", who are fastly becoming a fascist state, funnily enough, and the Chinese, who are becoming capitalists, haven't nuked anyone. So their record, is, well, pretty much neutral.
As for the two A-bombs... I certainly agree it was efficient. It got the job done. And quickly. Which, considering the context, was a good thing.
But I don't know man... Was there really a need to send two? And was there no other way to end the war? If there was absolutely no other option, then I guess it was ok, but I don't know. I wasn't alive back then. All I did was read what the winners wrote, and they all obvisouly say it was absolutely necessary. When you read Chomsky, he obviously doesn't say that.
So I'm neither for or agianst. If it really had to be done, if the alternative was another country from the original Axis of Evil getnig anuke and using it, then I guess it was ok. If not, if the alternative was a few more weeks of fighting, then it wasn't.
But as I said, all I know is what I read.
As for nukes in general, I'm not especially agsint them. But then again, I think if the all the countries that ahve a UN SC seat had 10 LR and 10 SR, it would be more than enough.
As a concept though, I think they suck ***. It's all fine and dandy when we've got them, but the day it falls into the hands of a suicidal fanatic, we won't be thinking they're so great after all. When you see what the a-bomb did to Hiroshima, you don't wanna think about what a n-bomb could do to London or NY.