Japan marks 61st Hiroshima Anniversary

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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Laz wrote:
    don't the Chinese and the Russians have ICBM's?

    Certainly! If they didn't, would you go steal some Chinese roads or some Russian schools?
    I'm too much a child of the Cold War... I think the principle is called MAD (mutual asssured destruction) or something like that

    That's a very nice Plan B you have there.......
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That's a very nice Plan B you have there.......


    hey man I didn't say I thought MAD was a great idea, in fact it's quite mad but the world was like that since ICBM's have been on the scene...

    sorry, didn't get your first comment, kind of slow...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Laz wrote:
    hey man I didn't say I thought MAD was a great idea, in fact it's quite mad but the world was like that since ICBM's have been on the scene...

    Much of the world was like that since rocks have been on the scene ;)
    sorry, didn't get your first comment, kind of slow...

    You seemed to suggest in these posts:

    "unless possession of minuteman-III's and MX missiles secures their infrastructure, education etc..."

    "don't the Chinese and the Russians have ICBM's? "

    that the whole reason to have ICBM's is to protect infrastructure from foreign invaders. Just interested if, without those Russian or Chinese ICBM's, you'd be chomping at the bit to go after Russian / Chinese infrastructure. And if you're losing sleep at night wondering if we have enough ICBM's to prevent Vladimir Putin from stealing your cable?
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    farfromglorified wrote:

    And if you're losing sleep at night wondering if we have enough ICBM's to prevent Vladimir Putin from stealing your cable?


    Sorry far, I don't have cable...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Laz wrote:
    Sorry far, I don't have cable...

    Thank God...otherwise it would be fucking red dawn....
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Thank God...otherwise it would be fucking red dawn....

    isn't that the movie with Swayze?
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Laz wrote:
    isn't that the movie with Swayze?
    Yes......... a decent movie in the proper zeitgeist.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    tybird wrote:
    The people may have been ready to surrender, but their leadership and their armed forces were not.........


    Read thru this and you'll find out why you're wrong:

    http://www.doug-long.com/quotes.htm
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    Read thru this and you'll find out why you're wrong:

    http://www.doug-long.com/quotes.htm
    I did not see anything about the Japanese leadership and their willingness to give up the fight under the terms dictated by the Allies, Unconditional Surrender, prior to the first bomb, right after the first bomb and before the second bomb. I was referring to the Japanese people and their leadership.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    The Imperial Headquarters (Daihonei) was planning to deploy 3.15 million soldiers and 1.5 million sailors to handle a possible invasion of the mainland by the U.S. forces. Daihonei thought it best to mobilize the whole people to repel the U.S. forces for as long as they could, inflict heavy casualties on the landing forces and seek more favorable conditions in negotiations for peace.

    http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060813TDY11001.htm
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    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825

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