"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message 
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> in article 41766B36.E08C61B6@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
> etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/20/04 10:42 PM:
>
>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>
>>> Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>>>> Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The best I can figure out, Eric is incapable of distinguishing between
>>>>> "deliberate" acts that result in the killing of civilians and deliberately
>>>>> killing civilians for no justifiable reason.
>>>
>>>> What is the justifiable reason for US killing civilians? Perhaps you've read
>>>> of the US bombing of Gifu?
>>>
>>> Under the articles of war at the time (and now, most likely), could you
>>> tell us what rules were violated?  And then, of course, how the US
>>> SHOULD  have conducted the war?
>>
>> Irrelevant. You answer my question, particularly about Gifu.
>
> Gifu and the whole Chibu region was a major industrial complex supporting
> the war effort. As such, they were legitimate targets.

What is "Chibu", Mr. Schaal?

Masayuki