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[–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)
  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And in response the US killed over a million.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The US dropped two nukes on Japan, invaded Vietnam for no reason, instigated coups in a variety of sovereign countries and committed countless other atrocities to sustain the military industrial complex. That’s a lot more than some 3000 deaths

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The same thing can be said about Japan. A lot more people died by the hands of the Japanese Empire during WW2 than those two nukes did.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Still, dropped it on two civilian targets.

    Imagine Russia taking out LA and NYC; you guys would never let anyone forget that no matter what

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Rape of Nanjing, bro. Rape of Nanjing.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Agreed, not a good thing. Abu Ghraib ring any bells?

    See? We can do this all day long but in the end the fact is that these "tactical nukes" weren't used to take out parts of the command structure, but to vaporise not one but two major civilian population centres.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Agreed, not a good thing. Abu Ghraib ring any bells?

    That's not even fucking close.

    but in the end the fact is that these “tactical nukes” weren’t used to take out parts of the command structure,

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both chosen for their military and industrial importance.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both chosen for their military and industrial importance.

    I could probably say the same for San Fransisco if it was chosen.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You absolutely could. San Fran was a major logistics hub during the Second World War.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    And we'd never hear the end of it, yet it's no big deal when done abroad.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    yet it’s no big deal when done abroad.

    I see you aren't interested in any serious discussion considering that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are a major event in the American cultural consciousness and still evoke strong reactions even today.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So you think 3,000 innocent lives deserved it?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    Who the actual fuck was saying that?

    They were saying that compared to the damage the US has inflicted on other countries, including innocent civilian populations, the damage done by the 9/11 attacks is much smaller

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