Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "David Pakman Show"
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stardude692001 Yes, they did kill more people. This isn't a contest, though. Even when he was pulling Germany out of that economic quagmire, he was brutalizing the Jews and anyone that opposed him. Not one leader, gets by without support. They do it through ideology and perks for the supporters. Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, all committed terrible atrocities but someone had to be the poster boy. Hitler was the obvious choice because more nations were involved in his wars than the others. In that way it affected more people. As bad as Mao was, it was only the Chinese that suffered. Not to make light of their suffering, it was terrible, but it was reduced to only that part of the world. Same could be said of the other butchers.
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efc toffee I'll use a bar room brawl to illustrate how alliances are made in a war. Buddy has too much to drink and starts becoming abusive. He is asked to leave. Someone makes a snide remark. Buddy reacts and punches him in the mouth. The doorman grabs the guy and tries to throw him out but the guy is too strong. Another patron, a friend of the guy who was punched, helps him out and together they get the guy out. The doorman thanks the guy for his help. This guy feels good about his role in establishing order in the joint. Later, that night, the doorman goes home, gets into a fight with his girlfriend and puts her in the hospital. Should the guy still have helped the doorman? The doorman's obviously a douche and of course the answer is yes. It was under the circumstances. Hitler posed the greater threat to the allies. They had to deal with the bigger threat, first and the circumstances of the moment, just like the bar brawl I just described.
As for the dropping of the two bombs on Japan, one has to take into consideration what was happening at that moment. The allies had been involved in six years of the most devastating war in history. They had to fight Hitler until they were a couple of blocks from his bunker. It was a fight to the bitter end. Japan was showing that they were going to do the same. Kamikaze fighters was a strong indication of their determination. The allies had no idea on how long a ground war in Japan would take and how many lives would be lost. A war weary world wanted it over with and almost everyone in the allied world reacted with joy when those bombs prompted Japan's surrender. Had you been a part of the allies at the time, you'd quite likely, have felt the great relief that the vast majority felt. Was it right? War never is. It did, however, prompt the Japanese emperor to over ride his generals and declare a surrender. It is arrogant and unfair to judge what they did when you didn't live in the times they had to live through.
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