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Originally Posted by Bob Guercio  Are you saying this from a 1945 perspective or a 2009 perspective? |
What does it matter really? In 1945 the motivational factor really played into the hearts and minds of those pulling the triggers overseas, and for those working in the war industries at home. The war in the PTO probably rivaled the level of viciousness of the Eastern Front, but not at that massive scale. The reasoning for that statement is formulated when considering the sadistic way the Japanese treated their prisoners, both military and civilian, and also by the fierceness of the combat endured by both sides. They were savaging China while establishing themselves as the top dog of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, at everyone's expense in a very nasty and unpleaseant way. In 2009, I think that we (the US) did what was needed back then, and they (the Japs) got what they deserved.
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Japan! (to the tune of the great Beach Boys tune, Barbara Ann)