[lbo-talk] E&P on Hiroshima coverup

[Jim Devine]

> I've had this debate with friends and not-so-friends.  The core of their
> argument, mirrored here by Mr. Boot, is that atomics are like other explosives...
> only bigger.
> 
> But this is incorrect.  Atomic weapons have three main effects, only two of which
> are shared with conventional ordinance.  Those are: blast, heat and radiation.
> It's the third item, the one even the largest thermobaric bomb can't deliver,
> that places fission and fusion weapons in an entirely new category.

In addition, a US invasion of Japan wasn't needed ... if the US had
given up the demand for unconditional surrender and allowed Japan to
keep its emperor. In the end, Japan was allowed to do that anyway.

By the way, Boot is the L.A. TIMES's house neo-con. 

JD