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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]So you don't have a problem with the Nazi's gassing 6 million Jews per se, just that it was done for a relatively minor end, in that the average German didn't want them living next door?[/i] Of course I have a problem with that. I might (MIGHT) not if there was some end to justify it, i.e. saving the planet or something, but there was none, and the only ones I can come up with are totally fanciful. [i]By this logic, you're saying that the lives of your people are worth so much more than those of the enemy, that it's best to exterminate them long before they can threaten any of your people.[/i] How do you get the "long before" part? If we're in a major war, I'm all for wiping out the enemy army with zero casualties on our part, if such a thing is feasable. Yeah, war sucks all around, but better their soldiers than ours. [i]Never mind that, say, many Iraqi soldiers maybe aren't rabid Husseinophiles and have no choice but to be where they are.[/i] They're still soldiers. They may not DESERVE to die, but if they've got a gun and intend to use it on our people, then it's necessary. [i]By this logic, it makes it OK to nuke anyone (who can't nuke you back) rather than commit conventional forces.[/i] Now I didn't say THAT. I'd prefer conventional forces if it's feasable, simply due to environmental concerns. But if you're up against an utterly massive force, and the ONLY way to eliminate them without taking massive casualties is to use a nuke, I'm all for it. That's the exact same line of reasoning that was used when the decision to hit Japan was made. [i]Using the same logic you've just espoused above, the Axis of Evil can use their non-nuclear Bio/Chem weapons on your conventional forces first (in order to kill many of your troops, to prevent the death of theirs). To them, gassing an American division wouldn't be inherently bad.[/i] Your point being? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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