August 6th

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Precision
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Re: August 6th

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scipioafricanus wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:18 pm Funny, this popped up on the WW2TV channel: https://youtu.be/QuYBFMgcgn4 "Exploding the idea that the Atomic Bombs were justified"

Haven't watched the whole thing, but I have my doubts on his thesis.
haven't (and won't) watch it.
But when you start with a premise, like there is NO reason to ever use nukes...(an assumption of mine, but likely valid) you end up with lots of contortion and way off base.
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Re: August 6th

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scipioafricanus wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:18 pm Funny, this popped up on the WW2TV channel: https://youtu.be/QuYBFMgcgn4 "Exploding the idea that the Atomic Bombs were justified"

Haven't watched the whole thing, but I have my doubts on his thesis.
Don't nuke the people who wanted to wage biological war on you and who were waging biological war on the Chinese!
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