Named said:
Do you really believe the victims of 9/11 were innocent? Less guilty I could agree with.
Guilty of what, exactly?
How is what they did any different to America dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan?
Although there are similarities between the 9/11 terrorism and the use of the atomic bombs on Japan, let's not forget the differences also: Japan was given the option of surrender, after which its people would be treated humanely.
Al-Quaida, like many international terrorist organizations, has no intention of negotiation or a peaceful solution to its goals....Al-Quaida is not a single, organized political entity with which to "surrender" or negotiate (like the U.S.) but rather a collection of independent criminal cells, which give no quarter. The real goal of terrorist organizations like Al-Quaida is not, for example, to get U.S. troops out of Saudi Arabia...that's how they start out, but they soon evolve into self-sustaining criminal organizations. It's not all about ideals...waging terrorist war on the West can actually be a lucrative business.
The important thing to remember about international terrorism is that they rarely pursue a progressive strategy towards their (supposedly) idealistic political goals...instead, the real goal is to exact revenge on the West for historical Arab humiliation, and self-perpetuation through recruitment and cash raising.
That, in my opinion, was the worst act of terrorism in history.
No offense, but your opinion is uninformed and reeks of prejudice towards the U.S. First of all, more civilians were killed in the fire bombings of Tokyo than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Secondly, ever hear of the Holocaust? What about the genocides in Rwanda? Many more civilians were killed in those events than were killed at Nagasaki or Hiroshima. Ever hear about the Rape of Nanking?
http://www.tribo.org/nanking/
I don't condone the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. Then again, far more Japanese would have been killed in an all out invasion of Japan, if it had come to that....most of the Japanese soldiers, as well as civilians, would probably have fought to the death if the atomic bomb had not moved Hirohito to surrender.
Anyway, it's easy for us to criticize the decisions of the past, but not so easy to come up with a better solution. So tell me, Named, if you had been the U.S. President, instead of dropping the atomic bomb what would you have done to end the war? Keep in mind thousands of American troops are dying every day from ships being sunk by Kamikazis and other Pacific combat.
