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Originally Posted by dtw
Extreme offensive tactics require extreme retaliation. Keep in mind, these were foes that were willing to fly planes into...
...nevermind. Waste of time.
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That's a great point, but no one has discovered the "new" extreme offensive tactics for our problem yet. Where would you point a nuke today if you were an American? It would be a waste of time, and make the problem worse.
I think cocky pride was responsible for the USA using the nuclear bomb. They had just received a swift kick in the nuts from the Japanese, and that's what made it seem justified at the time. If they had the bomb at Normandy, I'm not so sure they would have used it.
AND, it's the last time cocky pride worked for America. Didn't work in the fifties, late sixties, early nineties, or 2002-present.