There is a great Hardcore History episode where he goes into the change in attitudes towards bombing, how civilian casualties became "acceptable" over time...
That's comparing apples to oranges though..... you cannot oppress the people of SA by using an army outside of it... at worst/best that was oppressing foreign people.
Foreign people? You do know that the SADF were deployed to the townships during the 80's?
Just for the fun of it ?? Or because ......
If a violent mob forms you shoot it apart and reason with whatever is left, there is no other sane way to think in such a situation. The SADF actually showed a lot of restraint.
Yup, the A-Bomb was apparently seen as more "humane" than firebombing, as it would be over quicker or something. Look all wars produce an unnecessary amount of killing, just WW2 took it so far with the amount of civilians killed. Almost being 5 to 6 times more civilian deaths than WW1.
Am sure you are just dying to make a clever point so I will await your response...
Rambo made it quite clear. Pitty we don't have the same SADF deployed around squatter camps and areas of unrest.
Killing people after they resist your oppression and then patting yourselves on the back for being so "restrained"...
I don't disagree, Japan was pretty much run by the Generals and even after the second bomb some of them wanted to carry on....
There is another better argument though, the Japanese mindset at the time was one of win or die. The a-bombs shocked them to the point of surrender, though they won't have been needed if the Americans did not demand unconditional surrender.
A violent mob is not "people" it's a dangerous monster. A monter that knows only destruction.Killing people after they resist your oppression and then patting yourselves on the back for being so "restrained"...
There's also that, but they tried other methods, as I said the firebombs of Tokyo killed more than the two A bombs did.
I never sought your acceptance, I just stated my view like you are stating yours. I don't have to know about your particular family, the fact is that the innocent men, women and children maimed and killed during Apartheid, and those whose livelihoods were destroyed for generations to come and other evils committed were committed for the benefit of the minority. All the legislation created to exclude the majority of South Africans from education, jobs, healthcare, business etc were not done in a vacuum or just to punish the majority but to benefit the minority. All those benefits obtained from the blood that was spilled are still being enjoyed today and carry on to the next generation.
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