Alex Wellerstein on Twitter: "Are there really people who think that if the US hadn't used atomic bombs in WWII, the Japanese would have invaded the USA? I've never seen such foolishness before. (This wasn't a reply to me, just a troll on one of cspan's post, please do not feed him.)… https://t.co/ylYAFI8p4T"

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Are there really people who think that if the US hadn't used atomic bombs in WWII, the Japanese would have invaded the USA? I've never seen such foolishness before. (This wasn't a reply to me, just a troll on one of cspan's post, please do not feed him.)pic.twitter.com/xvVJPM1hX1

5:09 AM - 20 Nov 2017

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1. Scott Menor‏Verified account @smenor 20 Nov 2017
  
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  There are really people (adults) who don’t know who the axis powers were, so, I’m afraid, that’s not a big shock
  
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1. Julian Fekety‏ @jafekety 20 Nov 2017
  
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  I think I know who made that comment. Here is an excerpt from a talk he gave: https://youtu.be/V8lT1o0sDwI
  
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1. Victor O'Rly‏ @VictorNHR 20 Nov 2017
  
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  Yeez, US troops were already in Japanese soil
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1. Alison Rhodes is not a bot. ‏ @AlisonR61423986 20 Nov 2017
  
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  There are people who, right now, think Hillary Clinton should be impeached (Jimmy Kimmel man on the street). So yes, this is not a stretch.
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1. Reeba James‏ @reebajames 20 Nov 2017
  
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  *takes deep breath and tries not to cry*
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1. Brent A‏ @bad71 20 Nov 2017
  
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  There are people that believe all kinds of really ridiculous,fact-free,historically inaccurate things.This guy must have watched The Man In The High Castle to many times.
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1. Patrick McCray‏Verified account @LeapingRobot 20 Nov 2017
  
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1. David N. Schwartz‏ @dschwa8059 20 Nov 2017
  
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  Too much Man in the High Castle!
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1. EK3‏ @EK14MeV 20 Nov 2017
  
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  ... Or the speaking German bit regarding the WW II European theater. The whole war for the Axis was a strategic gamble with inevitable consequences. Yet the related costs in liberty, lives, property, and resulting imperialism of both USA and Russia are extraordinarily tragic.
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