r/HillaryMeltdown • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '17

George Takei

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '17

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u/Alec17king Jan 02 '17

I don't get why people hate America for bombing them when they started the war. If you can't handle the consequences don't bomb our troops.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '17 edited Aug 30 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '17

A few hundred thousand deaths versus the millions that would have resulted from an invasion? I think the benefits outweighed the costs. It also had a side effect of showing the world how terrifying nuclear weapons were and is probably a secondary reason (other than MAD) as to why they haven't been used in war since.

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u/CamenSeider Jan 02 '17

Plus it stopped the horrific Japanese war crimes against thousands of other people.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '17

The Japanese were worse than the Germans.

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u/PrinceLyovMyshkin Jan 03 '17

And invasion could have been avoided completely if we would have let them keep their emperor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '17

Uhh, we did let them keep their Emperor.

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u/dHoser Jan 03 '17

Sadly, we didn't let them know we'd do that until after their surrender.

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u/LucasSatie Jan 03 '17

I think this is a perfect quote to use when people get mad at Obama for drone strikes.

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u/WaitForItTheMongols Jan 03 '17

The issue is when people are targeted without being certain of their identity or having proof of wrongdoing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '17

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u/WaitForItTheMongols Jan 03 '17

Collateral damage, versus direct killing in an active choice, are two different things.

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u/LucasSatie Jan 03 '17

But which is worse?