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The numbers are largely irrelevant. Many atrocities were committed by both sides, and the fact that one side committed atrocities doesn't absolve the other side for also committing atrocities.

If anything good came out of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it's that the emerging nuclear powers were given an example of the kind of devastation nuclear war could bring. If the world hadn't seen the aftermath of those bombs, I wonder if some fool might have been tempted to push that button, not really understanding the consequences. The cold war might have been a lot less cold...



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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