Dropping the bombs was probably the biggest crime against humanity ever committed as single events. No wonder the media doesn't like to bring it up.

I won't get into the arguments about it ending the war sooner. There are just some moral arguments that don't fit into a cost/benefit scheme.

Only in the last few months have some photos of the aftermath been released. As with the current wars showing people what their support of militarism really looks like is not to be allowed.

The bombs were acts of vengeance, something that the US does a lot. I tried to coin a new word to reflect taking out your desire for revenge on those that you can reach rather than those who committed the crimes, but haven't found it yet. "Blood lust" was suggested to me, I'll use that for the time being.

The kangaroo court in Guantanamo that just convicted a taxi driver is a perfect example. Can't get Bin Laden, take it out an the nearest person at hand.

I think the short sentence was designed so that his incarceration would end with the present administration. This leaves the hot potato of "enemy combatant" to be dealt with by the next admin.

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