[speedplane]

> We should all be happy for the millions of people that didn't starve to death, and for the millions who didn't have to walk their children off of cliffs or have the family hug a grenade.

Before we thank ourselves for all the lives we "saved", we should remember all of those that died in the name of an unnecessary exercise in human greed and cruelty.

[laverya]

While I'll be the first to admit that the US's current foreign wars are unnecessary, far fewer people would say so about ww2's Pacific campaign. (Unless you're placing the blame on the US's prewar trade embargo?)