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Originally Posted by Jim727

The very question presupposes that it was about race, and I think that should be reconsidered.

No, I never said it was "about race" (it surely wasn't).

At any rate, the answer is: it depends. One of the primary differences between the war in Europe and the war in the Pacific.......

I postulated similar conditions - in all respects - for the sake of discussion; they surely were not similar.

Had the Germans behaved in the same manner as the Japanese, I don't think there would have been any hesitation to use the Bomb to end the war in Europe; had the Japanese behaved in a manner that made its use unnecessary I doubt it would have been employed.

Tonight I'm having dinner with a gentleman who was fighting in the jungles of New Guinea during WWII. His views on racism in the Pacific are quite the reverse of what you suggested.

I really didn't intend to, nor do I think that I did, present a view on racism. I asked a question wherein racism may or may not have been a factor, purely for the sake of discussion. I didn't voice an opinion as to whether or not we should have dropped the bombs. I'm asking if the Japanese were not Japanese, but rather Westerners, do you think we'd have dropped the bombs? You said that you believe we would have, which answers my question.

I think it's an interesting question, not meant to provoke anything but thought and discussion.

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