[lit-ideas] Re: What we can do to knock out Iran's nuclear capability?
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:35:47 -0800
Lawrence Helm wrote:
Au contraire, someone did force us to develop atomic weapons. We learned
that the Germans were developing them and we were committed to defeating
Fascism. It wasn't a wise policy to use inferior weapons against the
Germans. The Poles rode horses against their tanks -- briefly. We were
forced by our resolve to defeat Germany's war effort to match them weapon
for weapon, ergo, the Manhattan Project.
Not so ergo fast, Lawrence. I take it you haven't read my post about
this. An Erikean speculation would be whether we would ever have dropped
an atomic bomb in Europe.
Robert Paul
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