Quote Originally Posted by Magn View Post
Whether or not it was "the lesser of two evil" at the time is approaching the problem from the wrong direction.

It's still not the way you want to approach warfare.

You want to hit the target and limit the peripherals and using a bit ass bomb to do it is the lazy "I don't care about what's around it" way.

And as I said, it was a different time and no longer that relevant, except for analysis on what to do and what not to do.

So, would you rather kill millions of Japanese civilians by normal bombs and gunfire, along with millions of Japanese soldiers along with 500000-1mill allied soldiers?
Because that was the option at the time, the Japanese would fight to the last man/woman/child. Not to mention all YOUR loved ones who would die in the attack on Japan.

So, given this choice, what would you choose? This was the reality of that time so don't try to talk your way out of it. These were the realities.



I always agree that one should take every measure to avoid civilian casualties and that was done by nuking.