Jeff G. wrote: >> >> You don't have to hold territory in order to achieve all military >> goals. Sometimes all you want is to persuade the other army to go >> home. Assassination and terrorism are ways to achieve military goals. >> >> We didn't hold mainland Japan when the Japanese surrendered in WWII. > > >I'm not sure if you are insinuating that the bombing of Japan was an act of >terrorism? (That is a whole 'nother argument!) As far as assassination, that >was "legal" until the Carter administration as I recall, and that is more of >a self inflicted restraint rather than any rule of war. > > I was just listing some examples of achieving objectives of war without directly taking and holding territory. >Jeff >-Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki intended to end the war >with Japan, or scare the Russians? Discus amongst yourselves. . . . > > If it is the latter, it is an even better example.