| > You are saying the responsibility for the instant incineration of hundreds of thousands of civilians lies with the bombed, and not the bomber? The Japanese leadership knew they could not win the war for about a year before the bombings. Yet they chose to continue the war regardless of the suffering it caused their own people. Was the US supposed to give up? Would it been okay if Germany was allowed to surrender on the following conditions: * Hitler stayed in power * the Nazis stayed in power * all land conquered by Germany was kept by Germany * any allegations of war crimes would be handled internally by the Germans themselves Because those were the terms Japan was waiting for: * Emporer stayed in power * the government stayed in power * all land conquered by Japan was kept by Japan * any allegations of war crimes would be handled internally by the Japanese themselves Would you have been okay with WW2 ending against either party on those terms? |