goat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoTankies mocking 9/11 -- "America deserves 9/11"sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down117
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageTankies mocking 9/11 -- "America deserves 9/11"sh.itjust.worksgoat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·10 months ago 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.
minus-squareHerbalGamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months ago 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.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoYou absolutely could. San Fran was a major logistics hub during the Second World War.
minus-squareHerbalGamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoAnd we’d never hear the end of it, yet it’s no big deal when done abroad.
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoAre you saying that the West thinks Hiroshima and Nagasaki are no big deal?
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months 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.
That’s not even fucking close.
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.
You absolutely could. San Fran was a major logistics hub during the Second World War.
And we’d never hear the end of it, yet it’s no big deal when done abroad.
Are you saying that the West thinks Hiroshima and Nagasaki are no big deal?
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.