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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by coldtea on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:16AM (#18541068)
>Once these criminals attacked the US in Hawaii and the Philippines

Wait, maybe rewind this a little? I know that the European settlers that created the US took the continental land from the natives, but how did they end up with claims to Hawaii and the Philippines in the first place?

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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by tomohawk on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:18AM (#18541076)
Whataboutism? Really? Please stay on topic.
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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by cribbles on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:26AM (#18541126)
The topic was the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the USA being "a horrific crime against humanity."[1]

Your response was "what about Japanese war crimes?"

Please stay on topic.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18540748

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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by tomohawk on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:44PM (#18547118)
Sure, let's play whatabout. What if the US wasn't there in the Philippines or Hawaii? Then Japan would have taken them over just like they took over all other stuff, done terrible things to the inhabitants, just like they did everywhere else, and the US would have sat out the war.

The US being in the Philippines and Hawaii has nothing to do with Hiroshima, other than the US being there when Japan attacked. Japan attacked the wrong country and this resulted in decisive force being used against them.

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Re:Hiroshima (1946) by coldtea on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:09AM (#18541993)
Oh, the irony.

And, sorry, "whataboutism" is a cheap cop-out. Historical incidents should be seen in context, not just as isolated finger pointing (and always from one side to the other).

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