> > Not in dispute at all. The point is, though, that non-combatants were
> > targeted, including children.
>
> I disagree.
> It would have been known that children were IN the target area
> and would be killed, but they were not the target. Not a small
> distinction.
>
>

You are correct of course -- the posters know that.

They are being disingenuous and intellectually dishonest.

The explosive were targeted on aircraft factories and shipping.
Of course, civilians were in the area.

Civilian Japanese were also jumping off cliffs with their children
in hand by the thousands whenever their military was defeated.

People throughout Japan were starving due to a 50% rice crop
failure.

The citizens supported their governments attacks on China, Korea,
Indo-China, Phillipines, New Guinea, the US etc.

I have said before, had the terrorists attacked JUST the Pentagon
(and not first targetted a civilian) airline, we could still disagree with
them but they would not necessarily be terrorists -- even if some
civilians inside the Pentagon had died.

North Vietnamese and Viet Cong (that did not commit attrocities on
their own villages) were NOT terrorists just because they opposed
the South Vietnamese or the US.

A terrorist is a purposeful murderer of civilians.




Herb Martin, PP-SEL
(...and aerobatic student)
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>
> Dennis Jensen <jensen@ozzienet.net.nospam> wrote in message
> news:aji3m0$qki$1@fang.dsto.defence.gov.au...
> > "Herb Martin" <HerbM@LearnQuick.Com> wrote in message
> > news:Fy%69.92743$Yd.4234725@twister.austin.rr.com...
> > > He is right in principle. Those two bombs killed far less
> > > Japanese than were BEING killed and WOULD have been
> > > killed to end that war.
> > >
> > > This is just a fact.
> > >
> >

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