[lbo-talk] Moyers on aerial bombing

[John Thornton]

ken hanly wrote:
>   This is an excellent video. A couple of comments:
>
>   1) Surely bombing does sometimes lead to victory and demoralising of the opponent. Example: Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Japanese were ready to surrender before the atomic bombs were 
dropped. All they needed was to know the Mikado would be preserved.
Even after both bombs were dropped the Japanese did not surrender until 
given this assurance.

John Thornton