My original thought was to include a link to Sheldon Richman’s latest in today’s “Some Links” post. But this issue is too important not to be treated separately.
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I know that this post will offend and disturb many Cafe patrons. For that you have my sincere apologies. But please do not e-mail me with your complaints or objections. You will not convince me that you are correct just as I will not convince you that I am correct. One problem is our radically different priors. Like Sheldon, I see no reason to suppose that a Japan that failed to surrender unconditionally would have posed any meaningful threat to ordinary Americans. Like Sheldon, I reject the collectivism inherent in the “we Americans” vs. “them Japanese” mental construction.
Bombers don’t see their victims. It’s therefore too easy to slaughter from afar – such as, from an oval-shaped office on the banks of the Potomac.
UPDATE: From the Washington Post (but do also read the many links supplied in Sheldon’s essay).
