On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:19:39 GMT, Charles Gray wrote:

On 22 Dec 2003 15:48:57 -0800, wrote:

"Linda Terrell" wrote in message ...
The horror of Hiroshima is the sheer indiscrimate nature of the
destruction. If atom bomb had been dropped on a Japanese military
target it might have been justified. But, to kill like that in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki was blind and savage overkill.

Hiroshima was a military target -- it was a port wity with several
railroad lines running in and out of it. That means supplies going
to the Army.

So does that make entire cities like San Diego "military targets" as
well? If al-Qaeda or North Korea nuked Arlington or DC, would you
chalk it up as a respectable act of war?


Yes-- and you might wish to note that Had Al Qaeda used a cruise
missile against the pentagon, it wouldn't be considered a criminal act
by many-- the pentagon is a military target.

Al Q is not a military force, it is a terrorist organization. Despite your
evident love for them, they are religious fanatics that wish to
kill all non-muslims.

Al Minyard