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Old 05-12-2008, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Teak View Post
The war was not over. The Japanese had not surrendered, and were not prepared to do so. Dropping those bombs saved many thousands of American lives, that would have been lost had we been required to invade the other Japanese home islands.
Horseshit. The Japs were beaten and they knew it. They were trying to surrender but not unconditionally. All they wanted was to keep the stupid emperor, something welet them do anyways
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