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Originally Posted by GoNative
Plus it's a ridiculous contention really. Japan was not only at war with the US. They were at war with many countries. If the US wasn't listening the Japanese could easily have made it clear to many other countries that they were willing to surrender. They didn't as far as I know. And the terms of the surrender that the allies were willing to accept were very clear. I haven't seen anything to suggest that prior to the bombing the Japanese were clearly saying they were williing to accept unconditional surrender. Not even Ronin's hero Pilger can show evidence of that.
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The Japanese made attempts to talk via neutral countries. It might not have resulted in surrender but we'll never know.
And I used Pilger as a summary.
He's not my entire argument.