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Old 04-21-2005, 01:24 PM   #3194
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strategic bombing

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Pretty simple. I see no evidence that torture would have caused the Japanese to surrender.
What if torture would have revealed the location of the small red button the pressing of which would instantly cause the Japanese to quit the war?

Or (more realistically) revealed the location of the leader of the entire Japanese war effort, whose capture would lead to a quick surrender by the Japanese?

I would allow torture for that. I think that is a more correct analogy here.
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