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Originally posted by The_Dude
ok, this just struck me.
isnt that basically what the terrorists of 9/11 did??
they attacked defenseless civilians.
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Of course not. There was a full blown war where thousands of lives were being lost on both sides. Japan started the war for Imperialistic reasons. Hiroshima and Nagasaki had anti airplane artilery protecting the cities. They also had fighter planes guarding them. We obviously caught them by surprise by sending only one bomber at a time. The majority of the civilians that died in those cities were helping in the war effort by cranking out arms for the military. So some were not as innocent as it seems.
9/11 was completely different. We were not at a declared war when it happened.
Glad