RE: Hiroshima 70 years ago
August 8, 2015 at 1:32 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2015 at 1:37 am by Anomalocaris.)
(August 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm)abaris Wrote:(August 7, 2015 at 8:37 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: And?
And - that piece of shit certainly didn't care how many civilians he killed. The attack on Hiroshima, as well as the one on Dresden (but that was rather the british than the Americans) had nothing to do with military necessities, but everything with a demonstration of power.
Demonstration of power is a military necessity. You kill a few so that many would not make you prove you can kill them as well. That way you economize on bullets and possibly reduce the risk to yourself.
