In article >,
says...
> On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 03:43:34 GMT, Joseph Oberlander
> > wrote:
>
> >Note - the worst terrorist attack in history goes to us if you count
> >bombing innocent civilians in a non-military target purely for
> >psychological damage as such an act. Most rational people would agree
> >that fits the definition of a terror(ist) act.
> >
> >No - it wasn't Hiroshima or Nagasaki, but Dresden. Done purely to
>
> Oh my - once upon a time, many generations ago, when a democrat was in
> charge, the US did something slightly bad, but far ****ing worse than
> our enemies.
>
> Now what the **** is your point, asshole?
>


Our foreign policy since WW II has been severely damaged.

The Dresden fire bombing was to let Hitler and his command structure
know that we weren't screwing around.

As to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, evidence is now coming out that the prime
motivation was to scare the USSR more than force the Japanese surrender.
Most people now believe that Japan was prepared to surrender even before
the Hiroshima device was dropped. Nagasaki was just a bonus and a test
of a slightly different device.