Far smaller wars fought with far less destructive wars proved unwinnable. If one nuke goes off in the middle of a Chicago killing 1 million people it would be the worst event in U.S. history. The real question is, why are people suddenly so bloodthirsty?
Funny you mentioned this, Beet.
I was having a conversation the other day and I mentioned how cold and uncaring we used to be, compared to today.
I mean, consider during my Grandparents teen years, just two generations removed from me, the world situation of WW2. We dropped bombs over Tokyo at 7,000 feet. Tokyo was boiling. Literally. Dresden bombing. The Brits bombed by night, but America, hell, we did it in broad daylight. We just didn't give a crap.
Japanese Americans? Lock them up. Can't take the risk. That was the reality of the 1940s. We got a nuke? Drop it on Japan. No holds barred.
We considered not even allowing Germany to be a nation after the war. There were very frank and honest discussions in the White House as to whether or not Germany should even be allowed to be anything more than just an agricultural state. (Morgenthau Plan)
Roosevelt said, A better policy would have the Germans "fed three times a day with soup from Army soup kitchens" so "they will remember that experience the rest of their lives."
People on this message board from Germany should feel thankful that Truman even allowed Germany to be a country after the war.
You think we are bloodthirsty today? No way.
Yikes dude. What is it with you and waxing nostalgic for the days of Japanese internment camps?
