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Originally posted by 82 GT
You can call my remarks about the use of nukes whatever you want.
First of all I wasn't saying that we should use them now since we have allied forces and US troops over there already.(Be reall)
We used them in Japan in WWII. Why would it have been so bad now to use them in Iraq?
The entire country of Japan wasn't against America during the war
but we still dropped them though. It saved tens of thousands of American lives by dropping those bombs instead of a land invasion, which was originally considered.
Same holds true for Iraq. No, not all of them are anti-American but war isn't supposed to be pretty.
If Iraq had the chance, they wouldn't hesitate to drop one on us and kill our civilians. We should all be thankful about that!!
I know we are not going to use nukes but what the hell do we have them for......to launch them back at whomever uses them on us first...after it's too late???
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Wow! Where do I start on this one? First off, Atomic bombs were used on Japan as a deterrant to the Japanese military forces. It was a dificult decision, but in the end it probably saved the lives of countless numbers of Allied troops and Japanese troops. Unfortunately the price was civilian casualties and a slow death in some cases. The reason the second atomic bomb was dropped is because the Japanese military leaders would have probably dismissed the first bomb as a fluke. There was no denying it when "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki. If Harry Truman could have gotten away without dropping either one of them, he would have.
Do you think the entire country of Iraq is against us now? Do you think
they enjoy living under a tyranical dictator? Hell, some of the soldiers won't even fight for him. He has a "Special" Republican Guard to protect him in case the actual Republican Guard and regular army revolt against his leadership.
This battle is against Saddam and NOT the civilians. I'm all for taking out Saddam and I realize civilian casulaties are a reality and some of them deservidly so, but the less death the better.
The Iraqi dictator wouldn't hesitate to drop a nuke on us. That is true. But I'm sure not all the people would be in favor of that. But then again, that is why we are there. To disarm and remove Saddam and spread some freedom while we are at it.
God Bless the US, our true allies, and all of the soldiers and Innocents!