Comments on: SA Radio – The Terrorist Attacks of 1945 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ernest http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Ernest Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:46:57 +0000 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/#comment-2267 Good commentary SA. One could also argue the same thing about Dresden. Good commentary SA. One could also argue the same thing about Dresden.

]]> By: Roland Maruska http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Roland Maruska Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:40:31 +0000 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/#comment-2265 Japan chose to start war? Before Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt had issued a directive that released men serving in the Army and Air Force reserves from their obligations, so they could fight for China. Chenault's Raiders were the foreign fighters of their day. Japan chose to start war? Before Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt had issued a directive that released men serving in the Army and Air Force reserves from their obligations, so they could fight for China. Chenault’s Raiders were the foreign fighters of their day.

]]> By: Brad Bailey http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/comment-page-1/#comment-2262 Brad Bailey Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:18:55 +0000 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/#comment-2262 I'm not defending the atomic bomb attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But 9/11 was a pre-emptive attack, while the former was not. It occurred during a time of war (as in "all is fair in..."). Was the bombing moral? No, I don't believe it was. But then, is war moral? What exactly constitutes moral and immoral actions during a time of war? Are all war crimes justifiable, or should some, if not all, be prosecuted? Is there an absolute moral yardstick used to determine guilt? What makes one side's atrocities justifiable, and the other's "war crimes?" Is it just a matter of who happens to win the conflict at the time? The cold hard fact is this: war, by its very nature, is a brutal, horrific, hellish testimony of man's inhumanity to man. For this reason, it is something to be avoided at just about all costs, because once war has been declared, the gloves come off and anything goes. Nobody looks back until it's over. That is why I cringe at the thought of any one U.S. president casually declaring war against something as vague as "terrorists". I’m not defending the atomic bomb attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But 9/11 was a pre-emptive attack, while the former was not. It occurred during a time of war (as in “all is fair in…”). Was the bombing moral? No, I don’t believe it was. But then, is war moral? What exactly constitutes moral and immoral actions during a time of war? Are all war crimes justifiable, or should some, if not all, be prosecuted? Is there an absolute moral yardstick used to determine guilt? What makes one side’s atrocities justifiable, and the other’s “war crimes?” Is it just a matter of who happens to win the conflict at the time?

The cold hard fact is this: war, by its very nature, is a brutal, horrific, hellish testimony of man’s inhumanity to man. For this reason, it is something to be avoided at just about all costs, because once war has been declared, the gloves come off and anything goes. Nobody looks back until it’s over.

That is why I cringe at the thought of any one U.S. president casually declaring war against something as vague as “terrorists”.

]]> By: Shawn Matticks http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/comment-page-1/#comment-2261 Shawn Matticks Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:42:29 +0000 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/#comment-2261 Southern Avenger, I am a conservative in many ways, but I don't subscribe to the fact that one can equate Al Qaeda’s attack on NYC to the bombings that took place in WWII. While both, I agree, were horrifying...they share no more similarity than the fact loss of life occurred. We were at war with Japan, and war sometimes involves loss of innocents...we were not at war with Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda chose to start this war just as the Japanese did with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Do you think that only military men died at Pearl? I think it is easy for someone like yourself to make these rash comparisons, because you weren't there. Do you know what Truman was thinking? Were you even alive in 45? Hindsight is always 20/20, but it is harder to see when you have your head up your butt!! Southern Avenger,
I am a conservative in many ways, but I don’t subscribe to the fact that one can equate Al Qaeda’s attack on NYC to the bombings that took place in WWII. While both, I agree, were horrifying…they share no more similarity than the fact loss of life occurred. We were at war with Japan, and war sometimes involves loss of innocents…we were not at war with Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda chose to start this war just as the Japanese did with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Do you think that only military men died at Pearl?
I think it is easy for someone like yourself to make these rash comparisons, because you weren’t there. Do you know what Truman was thinking? Were you even alive in 45?
Hindsight is always 20/20, but it is harder to see when you have your head up your butt!!

]]> By: Cory http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/comment-page-1/#comment-2260 Cory Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:25:23 +0000 http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/08/11/sa-radio-the-terrorist-attacks-of-1945/#comment-2260 Incredible commentary Jack. Please continue to challenge our way of thinking. Incredible commentary Jack. Please continue to challenge our way of thinking.

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