Here are the facts: The Japanese civilians were drafted by the Japanese military into service to defend the nation against an invasion by the American forces... In practical terms the entire population was in a state of war against our forces as demonstrated in the invasion a few months earlier of Iwo Jima, where the Japanese fought to the last man...and were many of the civilians killed themselves instead of surrendering to our troops. In that battle that lasted from February 19 – March 26 of 1945, the casualties were horrendous. People today are shocked by our losses in Iraq of about three thousand men in 7 years, but in 36 short days in Iwo Jima we lost 6,821 dead and 19,217 wounded. The Japanese losses were even higher, 17,845 to 18,375 dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima So with this in mind, we now also known that the Japanese had fortified the entire island of Japan, and that the fighting would have cost millions of lives… think of it, hou
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