in article 4173FD64.885E9EB4@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/19/04 2:29 AM:

> Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
> 
>> So why would we not do at least the same before condemning the american
>> invasion of Okinawa ?
> 
> I'm not condemning the US invasion of Okinawa. I wouldn't have condemned an
> invasion of the mainland, either, as an alternative to firebombing or dropping
> the A-bombs. But what I have seen of US footage shown in Japanese documentary
> or what I have heard in Okinawa leave me disturbed by methods used.

Let me get this right. You admit that you don't condemn the invasion of
Okinawa (that the invasion itself was justified) but you are "disturbed" by
methods used. The Japanese soldiers in Okinawa were fighting frantically,
sometimes unwillingly (soldiers chained to their positions), and you are
"disturbed" that the Allies used deadly force against such an enemy?

Please elaborate on what military methods (tactical or strategic) you find
so "disturbing."