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  • Should the U.S.A have dropped the Atomic Bomb?


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    My opinion, I think the invasion was more sensible because if the atomic bomb was never used, maybe there would be no nuclear weapons in the world today, or even ever. But then again, you could theoretically say that the Japanese would have surrendered without the bomb.

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    The estimated casualties for invading directly was closer to 1 million than 250K. The dropping of the bomb itself was a good move imo, a quick end to the war, the only problem was the unforeseen radiation poisoning that did most of the damage afterwards. 

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    you do realize that it is utterly pointless to discuss this

    it happened

    ain't no changing that

    the world would be different but there's no way you can predict in which way :|

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    You missed arguably the largest point.  One of the major reasons the United States dropped a bomb on Japan had 2 million soldiers, that would rather die than surrunder.  Not including the millions of civilians of lives that would of been lost in the huge invasion. Those 148,000 lives is well under 1/10 of the projected total lives that would of been lost if Japan was invaded.   Japan defeat was inevitable, but the millions of deaths caused by a full invasion was not needed.   Now, I do not support what happend, but it was the lesser of the two evils.  So in my opionon the real reason was to save American and Japanese lives.

     


    My opinion, I think the invasion was more sensible because if the atomic bomb was never used, maybe there would be no nuclear weapons in the world today, or even ever. But then again, you could theoretically say that the Japanese would have surrendered without the bomb.

     

    In reply to this, the Manhatten project was started due to the theoretical paper written by Albert Einstein which inspired hitler to make an atomic weapons program.  Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard in 1939 wrote a letter to President Roosevelt informing them of Hitler's atomic bomb program.  The United States in response to that letter created the Manhatten project.  Which meant the bombs were tested, and made before Japan.   Meaning the capabilities of the atomic bomb were semi-known before dropped on Japan and therefor other armies would also want them.  If the atomic bomb was not dropped on Japan, it would of been somewhere else in history that could of resulted in even more deaths.  Also, about your "theoretical surrunder" it would of never happend.  At the time of the dropping of the bombs, there was a huge power struggle within Japan.  The Emperor who was more logical, did want surrender.  But, Japan was put under Marshal Law during the war and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo even tried to kill Emperor Showa for suggesting to surrendor.  Which showed how ruthless the Prime Minister was as the Emperor is the spirtual and cultural leader of Japan, whom is considered like a "god" in Japan.  This was the biggest sin imaginable in Japan and showed how the Prime Minister was, and how serious he was about never surrendering and fighting till the death.  

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    you do realize that it is utterly pointless to discuss this

    it happened

    ain't no changing that

    the world would be different but there's no way you can predict in which way :|

    Its good to review the past to not make mistakes of it..

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    It was a much more sensible and cost-efficient decision to build an atomic bomb and settle the score, than to supply and transport a mass amount of troops to invade Japan knowing that there were would be an estimated 250,000 allied soldiers walking into their graves.

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    Not really much to discuss besides simple math :-o ...but either way nuclear weaponry was just an inevitability in an evolving world of science

    The government of the US just decided they were gonna get a headstart...cowardly move but smart.

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    Not really much to discuss besides simple math :-o ...but either way nuclear weaponry was just an inevitability in an evolving world of science

     

    The government of the US just decided they were gonna get a headstart...cowardly move but smart.

     

    Cowardly? Really? Smart absolutely but calling it cowardly is a pretty despicable thing to say.

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    When you've actually been in a war and seen it first hand, you see things a bit differently. Wasn't meant to be an insult, just a description that's the view of some who've bled for the real thing.

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