EiF: Your post is flawed on two counts:
Firstly WWII and its causes are not analogous to the current situation (and I defy anyone to show my how they are) since we are there dealing with states therefore the tactical situation is far different. Also each tactical situation is wildly different. I doubt that anyone is going to start nuking anyone.
Secondly, the atomic bombs were creating martyrs. Think of the Japanese insurrection led by Major Hatanaka that very nearly stopped the surrender announcement. The Americans were also about to nuke Tokyo (more dozens of thousands of bleached skeletons) because the Nagasaki bomb had not generated a surrender announcement.
People think that the nukes caused the Japanese surrender, but it was more likely the Russians declaring war on Japan, the 1.5 million Red Army troops marching through Manchuria, Korea and the like.
Firstly WWII and its causes are not analogous to the current situation (and I defy anyone to show my how they are) since we are there dealing with states therefore the tactical situation is far different. Also each tactical situation is wildly different. I doubt that anyone is going to start nuking anyone.
Secondly, the atomic bombs were creating martyrs. Think of the Japanese insurrection led by Major Hatanaka that very nearly stopped the surrender announcement. The Americans were also about to nuke Tokyo (more dozens of thousands of bleached skeletons) because the Nagasaki bomb had not generated a surrender announcement.
People think that the nukes caused the Japanese surrender, but it was more likely the Russians declaring war on Japan, the 1.5 million Red Army troops marching through Manchuria, Korea and the like.
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