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July 30th 05, 04:29 PM

wrote:

Nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually saved a lot of lives and it
brought an end to World War Two.I have known that since back in the
1940's.
cuhulin

Unless you were there, in the planning rooms for the invasion, with
the appropriate clearances, I doubt you knew that. Then again, I
doubt you knew how to read, so you might have made a fine message boy.

Unlike you, I have actually studied the planned invasion campaign. It
would indeed have saved lives, but not because Rush told you to
believe that.

For those who really think the surrender (which were more a, let's go
back to status quo ante) overtures to the soviets were genuine, or
even possibly going to be honored, perhaps you should study up on what
happened the night the emperor recorded his "surrender." I quote that
because he never said that; rather he said that we would have to
"endure the uneendurable" and that "the war effort has turned
distinctly to our disadvantage."

Anyway, the head of NEC, a couple more execs and techs came over to
record two master discs. The military wasn't ready for that, and they
had planned on assassinating everyone around the emperor and holding
him captive, along with destroying those discs. The discs were hidden
in two different places, and several people protected the knowledge of
where they were with their lives, ranging from personal servants, to
NEC people.

The military guys tore the emperor's palace apart looking for the
discs and didn't find them.

The disks were recorded late at night, by dawn, the coup leaders
realised their efforts were hopeless. The leader committed suicide.
Fittingly, his hara-kiri didn't kill him immediately, he lived for
several hours, undiscovered, impaled on his sword in a chair.

Now, had the invasion happened... well, first off, no fighting soldier
taking place in the first week was expected to survive. None. 100%
casualties. However, the allies expected to eventually push inland.
The goal was to take half of a single Home Island, protect that part,
literally -- not figuratively -- pave it over to make it one huge
airbase, and then continue on from there.

If you think the bombs, or the firebombings which were worse, were
bloodbaths, you hadn't seen anything.

--
Eric F. Richards

"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
- Dilbert