Hiroshima and Nagasaki

With the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. DIRECTLY targeted civilians.  They also directly targeted civilians with the firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden.  The Japanese and German GOVERNMENTS committed many atrocities, but that in no way makes it moral or right for the U.S. to murder civilians in those countries.

You can make all the arguments you want about how murdering these civilians brought an early end to the war.  This does not change the fact that civilian men, women, and children were murdered.  When other people do this, we call them terrorists.  That label applies equally here.

>>43

I understand where you're coming from, but seriously...what should have been done differently? Clearly you're having a difficult time understanding that during that time in Japan that civilians were as apart of the Japanese military machine as Americans were to theirs.

Things then aren't how they are now. So of course you feel the way you do, I do too! But the fact is the term "civilian" applies differently then in comparison to now. No one is saying that it is moral, ethical or fair, but that's the way it is.

>>45

First of all, you're not still buying that Bin Laden did 9/11 are you? If so: LULZ

Secondly, "Choose" sounds suspiciously like the "With us or against us" rhetoric that Bush puked up during his axis of evil rant. I'm sure "Choose" came out of the mouth of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Nixon and all great fascists drum beaters. You think you're deferring to some moral imparitive but you're just making yourself look like a retard who fails at history and moral relativism.