Opinion of Harry Truman

[Bo]

An epic FF, and one of our best Presidents.

[Bo]

Clearly many problems and tragedies resulted from the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, either several hundred thousand Japanese had to die by being nuked (and its aftereffects) or several hundred thousand Americans would have had to die in a U.S. invasion of Japan. Truman, as U.S. President, decided to save the lives of several hundred thousand of his own citizens and soldiers by nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki and ending WWII much quicker and with much less American casualties than otherwise.

[Bo]

Super-FF for saving the lives of thousands of American soliders and thousands more Japanese civilians.  He had the courage to finally end the war that was begun by Japanese aggression.

Oh, he had to burn the village down to save it? Makes sense.

He had to shoot the aggressor in the arms to avoid shooting him in the heart.  Even with the destruction wrought by the nuclear bombs many Jap leaders wanted to stay in the battle and fight.

As difficult as it is for me to say this about a Democrat, Harry Truman may be one of our greatest Presidents for making such a difficult decision that saved so many lives.

No surprise there. The Democrats were the party of senseless war and death then just like your beloved Republicans are now.

Most of the time, libertarians are out of touch with reality.

[Bo]

Super-FF for saving the lives of thousands of American soliders and thousands more Japanese civilians.  He had the courage to finally end the war that was begun by Japanese aggression.

Oh, he had to burn the village down to save it? Makes sense.

He had to shoot the aggressor in the arms to avoid shooting him in the heart.  Even with the destruction wrought by the nuclear bombs many Jap leaders wanted to stay in the battle and fight.

As difficult as it is for me to say this about a Democrat, Harry Truman may be one of our greatest Presidents for making such a difficult decision that saved so many lives.

No surprise there. The Democrats were the party of senseless war and death then just like your beloved Republicans are now.

Most of the time, libertarians are out of touch with reality.

No, we're not.

I wasn't talking about libertarian-leaning Republicans. I was talking about fringe-Ron Paul-kind of libertarians.

[Bo]

No, we're not.

Do you really agree with Libertas here, Giovanni?

Not on this point. I agree that the Atomic Bombings were not necessary. But I find it insulting that Mendeleev is thinking Libertarianism is fringe concept that only out of touch Big Businessmen and Pot Smoking Hippies. I mean, I'm not a Big Businessman nor a Pot Smoking Hippie am I?

Super-FF for saving the lives of thousands of American soliders and thousands more Japanese civilians.  He had the courage to finally end the war that was begun by Japanese aggression.

Oh, he had to burn the village down to save it? Makes sense.

He had to shoot the aggressor in the arms to avoid shooting him in the heart.  Even with the destruction wrought by the nuclear bombs many Jap leaders wanted to stay in the battle and fight.

As difficult as it is for me to say this about a Democrat, Harry Truman may be one of our greatest Presidents for making such a difficult decision that saved so many lives.

No surprise there. The Democrats were the party of senseless war and death then just like your beloved Republicans are now.

Most of the time, libertarians are out of touch with reality.

No, we're not.

I wasn't talking about libertarian-leaning Republicans. I was talking about fringe-Ron Paul-kind of libertarians.

Ron Paul is not fringe, get over yourself.

Then how come he received less than 5% of the total vote in the Republican primaries in 2008 and less than 1% of the total vote when he ran in 1988. He IS fringe.