Richard Stringer wrote: OK I've listened to your uninformed bleating long enough. Blah, blah, blah. Richard Stringer wrote: I guess we were not really thinking about the Japanese senseabilities when we made that decision. It was, however, the correct one. I continue to maintain that the targets chosen had no military value and that there is no excuse for killing people who have nothing to do with the military as an act of war. That some sort of bombing was a better alternative to an invasion is clear, but what the hell was Japan going to do ? Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002 Half the reason people switch away from VB is to find out what actually goes on.. and then like me they find out that they weren't quite as good as they thought - they've been nannied. - Alex, 13 June 2002