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As crazy as it sounds, from my understanding the atomic bombs probably saved lives. The red army were about to launch a massive ground assault on Japan and the US would have had to confront them somewhere in the middle. The Japanese losses would have been devastating fighting on two fronts. The bombs proved it was futile to resist and prevented the Russians getting involved.
Also, as long as the fanaticism American soldiers encountered in the civilian populations as they made their way up through the South Pacific (particularly at Okinawa) had continued, even the “non-combatant” deaths in a mainland invasion would likely have far surpassed the deaths from the two bombs. As horrific as the bombings were, it’s very difficult to argue that they weren’t a net positive to the final death toll.
 
I agree he's utterly dull lol

But I think he's pretty decisive here which is good.
In as much as he's decided to leave a country of 45m people to their fate at the hands of a tyrant who has commenced a huge military assault on the basis of absolutely nothing?

Yep. Really decisive. Turns out that voting someone in solely because they aren't Trump doesn't actually cure all ills.
 
In as much as he's decided to leave a country of 45m people to their fate at the hands of a tyrant who has commenced a huge military assault on the basis of absolutely nothing?

Yep. Really decisive. Turns out that voting someone in solely because they aren't Trump doesn't actually cure all ills.
What's your proposal?

I'd like him to be stronger on sanctions. But he can't get into a war with Russia. I'm not sure how that can be viewed as anything but worse.
 
In as much as he's decided to leave a country of 45m people to their fate at the hands of a tyrant who has commenced a huge military assault on the basis of absolutely nothing?

Yep. Really decisive. Turns out that voting someone in solely because they aren't Trump doesn't actually cure all ills.
@TheFinnFan you standing for this Biden bashing? When he's sent missiles to the Ukraine?
 
In as much as he's decided to leave a country of 45m people to their fate at the hands of a tyrant who has commenced a huge military assault on the basis of absolutely nothing?

Yep. Really decisive. Turns out that voting someone in solely because they aren't Trump doesn't actually cure all ills.
What exactly is the alternative? NATO isn't in a position to intervene decisively on the ground even if they wanted to.
 
In as much as he's decided to leave a country of 45m people to their fate at the hands of a tyrant who has commenced a huge military assault on the basis of absolutely nothing?

Yep. Really decisive. Turns out that voting someone in solely because they aren't Trump doesn't actually cure all ills.
Did you think it would cure all ills?
 
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