"Vito" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote
Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons to kill innocent
civilians.
Was that Iran???

Actually, no country has ever used nuc's to kill INNOCENT civilians.

Do you think that the under 5's that were killed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima
were GUILTY???



In Europe, most civilians stayed out of the fighting and this were not
intentionally killed, altho more were killed by conventional bombing there
than
by 'nucs in Japan. Those who took part, partisans and guerillas, were.
The
Geneva Convention specifically addresses them and exempts them from rights
granted POWs. That's the basis for current US treatment of partisans
captured in
Afghanistan and Iraq.

As the US island-hopped closer to Japan we found ever larger civilian
Japanese
populations. True to their code, these 'civilians' fought us tooth and
nail -

Do you really believe that this justifies the killink of little children?


sometimes committing suicide to avoid surrender. In many ways they were a
greater danger than Japan's uniformed troops. Japan's leaders had always
called
upon all Japanese, civilian and military alike

.... and so you believe that it was OK to kill children???


to "defend the Emperor" to their
dying breaths and the civilians encountered on Guadlecanal, et cetera,
gave us
every reason to believe those on the home islands would do exactly that.
Thus
the decision to treat them as partisans instead of civilians and drop the
bombs.

You seem to think that a child sucking milk from it's mothers breast is a
valid target!!



But remember, were I in charge, one of Iran's top-secret nuclear
experiments
would go horribly awry in killing most if not all of their radical
leadership.
Naturally some would accuse the US as some Soviets did over Chernoble and
Kurst
but you know how they lie grin. Same thing could happen in North Korea.
Everybody know it's dangerous for inexperienced people to play with bombs.


You still believe that Saddam had WMD, don't you?




Regards


Donal
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