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Default Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, RIP

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:33:05 -0500, HK wrote:


I always thought the Germans were far more deserving of having a couple
of nukes dropped on their cities, but the European war ended before that
could happen.


I don't understand that thought. I don't think the Japanese were "deserving" of being nuked.
It was about winning a war, with the fewest American casualties. Nuclear weapons kill quite a
few undeserving. They are quite indiscriminate. Personally, I wish we hadn't used nuclear
weapons, but, unfortunately, I think it might have been the right decision at the time.