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Edited on Sat May-13-06 04:24 PM by catnhatnh
I was tempted to post separately a "Parasite Post" after reading your piece....you know,a post obviously inspired by yours but on a different tangent...Instead let me state this here,clearly and succinctly-the use of ANY nuclear weapon by US forces is unacceptable-to the World and to US citizens...The history of the bomb is simple-the first true terror weapon...we used it twice in the worlds largest conflagration and hundreds of thousands died.It has never been used since....not in over 60 years....through all of Korea (and at times we were desperate there) all of the cold war when either side could have played,nor Vietnam, nor a half dozen other engagements....and to this day the morality of their first firings (Aug 6 and 9th,1945, I believe) has been debated. But a third firing by the same nation will NEVER be debated,even should the world survive...This needless nuclear attack will be condemned much more severely than the sacking of Rome,even if only because we claimed to be civilized. The only time I was ever copied to Free Republic was when I replied to a post here that asked what we at DU would do if we were "invaded" by Muslims....My somewhat snarky reply was that I would greet them as liberators and throw flowers....Beleive me,heads exploded over there,and I was called stuff my Momma did not name me...Point being though,and perhaps a petition drive is due here,we should resolve that if our Deciderer and his minions should use this option,we should make it as clear as possible that our support will be towards turning them over at the earliest possible date to an international tribunal for judgment and punishment.There is no longer any "tactical" or "strategic"-there is merely "bigger than Hiroshima" and "much bigger than Hiroshima" The World will never accept that 3 times one nation unilaterally used this device, and neither should claim we that we accept that we were "forced" to use it
On edit:correction of phrasing....
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