What if . . .
Feb 11, 2024 10:26:26 #
Lets play What If.
What if on December 8, 1941, Harry S. Truman gave the following orders:
(Yes, I know that the actual bombing was not until 1945).
Kill only 2400 Japanese people. Make 68 of them civilians, the rest soldiers.
Destroy 19 Japanese ships.
And then bomb one naval base. And lets call that a day.
What would 2024 look like if the response from Harry S Truman was "proportional".
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/
To rephrase General Patton's famous line another way,
Dying for your country may be noble, but wars are won by staying alive for your country.
May Israel's response to the massacre of Oct 6 continue to be non-proportional.
What if on December 8, 1941, Harry S. Truman gave the following orders:
(Yes, I know that the actual bombing was not until 1945).
Kill only 2400 Japanese people. Make 68 of them civilians, the rest soldiers.
Destroy 19 Japanese ships.
And then bomb one naval base. And lets call that a day.
What would 2024 look like if the response from Harry S Truman was "proportional".
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/12/if-the-atomic-bomb-had-not-been-used/376238/
To rephrase General Patton's famous line another way,
Dying for your country may be noble, but wars are won by staying alive for your country.
May Israel's response to the massacre of Oct 6 continue to be non-proportional.
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