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| View Poll Results: Should've The Bombs Been Dropped? | |||
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26 | 63.41% |
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15 | 36.59% |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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*Now thats a shudder* Thankfully, there is no evidence that a cobalt bomb exists and also that it was never built or used against Japan during World War II. Last edited by boo4u; 08-27-2007 at 02:08 AM.. Reason: spelling error |
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Very Grave Indeed
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Erm, I'm pretty sure that Atomic, and Hydrogen bombs are also pretty capable of wiping out all life on the planet.
The thing that sets the theoretical Cobalt Bomb apart from the others is that it creates a -lot- of radiation for quite a long time over a pretty large area. The proper parsing isn't "Wipe out all life" it is "Wipe out only life" because since the explosion itself is not especially large, but the radiation dispersal is, it would be incredibly useful as an attacking device because it would leave infrastructure intact (Though you're looking at a good 20 years before you could move into the area) Thankfully, such a bomb doesn't exist, and as I recall, some tests of a nuclear device using Cobalt as a tracer failed miserably. Last edited by devonin; 08-27-2007 at 02:25 AM.. |
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sunshine and rainbows
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 38
Posts: 1,987
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Rejecting a course of action while acknowledging it's usefulness is possible to do without getting depressed about it. ****, everything a person does is justified to someone, or else no one'd not do anything! Everyone, even crazy people, have their reasons. The situation where bombs were dropped there was no immediate threat from Japan, and so yes, there WAS the luxury of taking time to think about other courses of action. I'm no military strategist or historian, but no one's yet to say that strategic, targeted bombing of key areas would've been stupid, or landing troops and taking control that way. Or simply upping defenses and let Japan shrivel from the inside. The ONLY reason people have said that we should've dropped the nukes because they're so sure that more people would've died if we didn't, ignoring that death over time is not the same as death all at once, and ignoring who was killed as well. Oh yes, and that people didn't want war anymore, if that can be said to be a reason. Don't talk to me about the length of the war either, not for the US. They entered far later than any other allies. jewp: I've discussed things outside of the historical context on this topic, because it's perfectly acceptable. Other people who have used outside historical context too, like "there's not the luxury during war". Furthermore, I've addressed things in context as well. Mookage's point, that Japan was having internal conflict, supports other things I've said. Perhaps you shouldn't be taking 1 post I've made out of the context of the rest of the posts made. Last edited by Cavernio; 08-27-2007 at 02:12 PM.. |
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 41
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Yep, you're gone.
Last edited by GuidoHunter; 09-4-2007 at 05:34 PM.. |
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