FDR/Dems Burned to Death 3 Million Innocent Kids & Moms in Japan & Germany.?

Question

Is that a good thing?

Is it better to kill THAT MANY innocent Kids and moms instead of letting soldiers fight?

Answer 1

Firstly, I’m going to give you enough credit and respect in assuming that you are not talking about the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, those both coming after FDR’s death. I will assume that you are talking about the firebombing of German and Japanese cities.

Secondly, FDR didn’t do it, his military commanders did. That is to say, they, (generals like MacArthur, Eisenhower, Bradley), gave the orders.

Thirdly, I don’t know what partisan politics has to do with this. Yes, battle in WW2 involved the purposeful bombing of cities where tens of thousands of civilians lived. This was a “total war”. It wasn’t the first waged by the US and it wouldn’t be the last. We don’t need to get into Nixon’s totally unnecessary and unjustifiable bombings of civilians in the Vietnam War, do we?

Fourthly, such things are typical. For such things as “total wars” are fought both by soldiers trying to kill other soldiers AND by bombers incinerating scores of kids and moms. In fact, all wars today are pretty much total wars. If the civilian death count is lower that’s only because our weapons are getting smarter. To be quite frank and I intend no offense, if you don’t like the idea of kids and moms getting burned to death, become a pacifist. That’s your only real option. The days of soldiers aligning on the field of battle to trade musket volleys with one another are long gone. Hell, “civies” were killed back then too.

Fifthly, I’m not sure about your numbers. That many may have been killed but I’m not sure that many were firebombed.

Lastly, all of this does not speak to the morality of the issue. All of this is just the reality of the issue. Morality is always severely lacking in war. No war is “good” to use your words. All war is evil. (I served in the military during wartime and I’m quite thankful that I never saw combat.) Some war is necessary, some war is justifiable, just as some acts of war are necessary and justifiable. The firebombing of most German and Japanese cities falls into those two categories, most notably the Japanese city of Tokyo. In my opinion, whatever it is worth, there is only the bombing of one city that can possibly be considered unnecessary and unjustifiable. Dresden, a German city where 50,000 people were firebombed to death late in the war. That was done just to scare the hell out of German people, to make them more compliant towards the idea of total surrender. Still, even that has nothing to do with FDR directly.

Answer 2

Do you realize what would have happened if we would had tried invading japan.
America is the best fighting force in the world yes. And we did have allies that would have helped us but do you remember Iwo Jima, Do you remember Midway? That was the Japanese resolve. Imagine invading there home which is filled with mountains and jungle and they have prepared for years. did you hear the death ratio for our troops had they invaded Did you hear the theory? I dont think the atomic bomb was right i dont believe in collateral. As for Germany that was the russians my friend. Japan still did not want to surrender even after the dropping of the bomb, some people tried stopping the emperor from signing the surrender but failed. Do you know anything of the Banzai charge? Do you know how willing they are to fight and how willing they are to die for there country? Most of those women and kids probually would have picked up arms anyways. I dont think killing innocent people is right, but consider there resolve.

Answer 3

That is war. That is why war is so horrible. The old saying goes, "It's a rich mans battle and a poor mans fight." War is about making the other side cry "Uncle" first. It's really too damned bad that governments can't sit over a cup of coffee and a few smokes to hash things out. Instead, it is always those that did nothing that get the brunt of the pain.

Answer 4

Hate to tell you this but FDR didn't do it. He was dead before it happened. The soldiers did'n't have to fight. And, the bomb didn't have to be dropped. It was a cruel military campaign conducted as an experiment on human beings. The fact that we were on islands surrounding Japan and that Japanese people were starving to death, and the fact they didn't have the will to fight anymore proves that dropping the bomb had nothing to do with winning the war and it was unnecessary. Truman did it and it was wrong. Just like Bush is wrong about being in Iraq.

Answer 5

I assume you're talking about the firebombings. Yes, it was a sad necessity. Had there been no accountability for Coventry and the V1 & V2 attacks on London, God only knows what the Germans would have done. Better 50,000 enemy aliens dead than one American GI.

Answer 6

You are right. War is bad. It's amazing we still can't find a better way to resolve disputes.