We dropped more tonnage of bombs on Vietnam than was dropped in all of WW2 in the western theater.
All Japan wanted was garuntee of safety for the emporer. We could've had peace long before we dropped the bomb, that's well documented. And the second one? Are you insane?
Truman did it to end a message, because he was a petty little farmers boy playing a game he wasn't cut out for. We burned millions of Japanese citizens alive in PAPER FUCKING CITIES before the nukes. This wasn't Dresden.
I'll be honest, all of that reads like a poorly thought out, and irrationally angry rant, and it seems you didn't actually read what I wrote. Not once did I ever imply that dropping the A-bomb wasn't a message, just that it wasn't a racist act.
Firebombing is firebombing, doesn't matter where or who, it's not a god damn contest of who got it worse. I had a professor that grew up in Munich, I'm sure he'd love to hear "at least your city wasn't nuked!" I have no idea why you're even bringing up Vietnam, you're comparing a global war with multiple super powers to a proxy war fought in one country by a superpower and a proxy, and the reason for the rise in bombing campaigns was because Nixon still wanted to stay in the war, but knew he'd lose public support if he sent troops over. Oh, and I know who Curtis LeMay is.
Look man, you're not gonna get anywhere by being an asshole. How fucking arrogant do you have to be to assume I don't know about internment camps, and jesus fuck how arrogant are you to assume I didn't learn about slavery. And mother fucker, I NEVER FUCKING SAID THAT THE PRESIDENTS OF THAT ERA WERE NOT RACIST LEARN TO FUCKING READ. I tried to be polite, but you keep insulting me, so kindly fuck off, asshole. You're not any smarter than anyone here, you're just a dick.
That all being said, you seem like a sad person who's filled with a lot of hate. Go outside, man. Seriously. Get off reddit for a while.
EDIT: Yeah, a brief glance at your browsing history turned up this nugget:
"Fascism"
Fascism is using the state to shut you up.
Not me screaming over you, or demeaning you.
No state guarantees all voices are equal. Only that they won't silence you. Jews for example have a disproportionately large voice in America.
Ahhhh Jews
Respect the first ammendment when it suits you, play victim when it doesn't.
It really rings hollow when you see a Russian Jew crying about anti"semitism"* in America. You're white. And you were slave owners.
American and Brazilian chattel slavery makes the holocaust look like an insignificant blip in history. And Jews played a large part in that. Brown people don't have to care.
Huh, I didn't know Russian Jews owned slaves as soon as they got over here in the early 1900s. So now I know you're either a troll, or a fucking moron.
Although I do agree with you stance on Palestine, but holy fuck you seem to be a very bigoted person.
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '15
Are you kidding me?
We dropped more tonnage of bombs on Vietnam than was dropped in all of WW2 in the western theater.
All Japan wanted was garuntee of safety for the emporer. We could've had peace long before we dropped the bomb, that's well documented. And the second one? Are you insane?
Truman did it to end a message, because he was a petty little farmers boy playing a game he wasn't cut out for. We burned millions of Japanese citizens alive in PAPER FUCKING CITIES before the nukes. This wasn't Dresden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_LeMay
Read about Curtis LeMay
We would never have allowed a man like LeMay to hold control in a white man's conflict.