Deliberate killing of civilians is a war crime, whether Japan was suing for peace or not.

I am feeling very old. I was born in World War 2 and the atrocities, under whatever guise, continue...

On 14 August 1945 the war was over. A million or more US military didn't have to storm the beaches, saving perhaps half or more of them.

It was also my parents 14th wedding anniversary and we were invited to eat in the cafeteria of the Social Security Building on the Mall. My aunt was manager there. It took a pass to get inside. Then partway through the meal the PA system announced the end of the war! Several hundred night shift workers let out a cheer that must have shaken the whole building. What a celebration. No booze needed, nor was it allowed in federal buildings.

So the war bonds, stamps etc. had worked. And the only two atom bombs used in a war.


duke

I believe all city bombings to be war crimes, whether done with conventional explosives and incendiary bombs or nuclear bombs. The RAF raids on Hamburg and Dresden causing "feuersturms", the USAAF incendiary raid on Tokio of May 10 1945 caused more deaths than the victims of nuclear weapons, but they did not stop the wars. Only nuclear weapons did it. Man is a strange animal.
Tullio

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How could we drop that on two cities?

There wasn't any precious oil there to be protected and to be preserved... ;)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

It was still a war crime.

All's fair in love and war...

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It was still a war crime.

All's fair in love and war...

NO.

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[quote][quote]It was still a war crime.

Prove it.

In an article published in the International Review of the Red Cross that, with respect to the "anti-city" or "blitz" strategy, that "in examining these events in the light of international humanitarian law, it should be borne in mind that during the Second World War there was no agreement, treaty, convention or any other instrument governing the protection of the civilian population or civilian property."

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If we go back through history you will find [snip]

That 'we' are just as barbaric as 'we' have always been... ;)

(I'll stick with God, thank you very much!)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

[quote][quote]It was still a war crime.

Prove it.

In an article published in the International Review of the Red Cross that, with respect to the "anti-city" or "blitz" strategy, that "in examining these events in the light of international humanitarian law, it should be borne in mind that during the Second World War there was no agreement, treaty, convention or any other instrument governing the protection of the civilian population or civilian property."

then there was no authority to have nuremberg trials

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In an article published in the International Review of the Red Cross that, with respect to the "anti-city" or "blitz" strategy, that "in examining these events in the light of international humanitarian law, it should be borne in mind that during the Second World War there was no agreement, treaty, convention or any other instrument governing the protection of the civilian population or civilian property."

then there was no authority to have nuremberg trials

This has been disputed for years, but here is an argument backing up your statement:

Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas charged that the Allies were guilty of "substituting power for principle" at Nuremberg. "I thought at the time and still think that the Nuremberg trials were unprincipled," he wrote. "Law was created ex post facto to suit the passion and clamor of the time."

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Strongly againsts the used of nuclear weapon in wars!!!

How much energy we can gets from these hardware??
How totally people will die,thousands?thousands thousand??? No ,that tiny weapon
can cause all of you to face with evil's hell!!DIE WITHOUT ALERT,DEAD WITHOUT TOMBS!!!

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愛﹐仁﹐忍﹐善﹐勇
Any people can sense their die just a couple of their live

Thank you, Yon.


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