I say yes! The U.S. was in an all out war with Japan. The Japanese were brutal warriors who often tortured and killed their captives, such as beheading U.S. POWs or death marches (Battaan). The Japs also sent air ballons to kill American civilians here. The Japs also didn't believe in surrendering, and would have fought all out if the U.S. had invaded the mainland of Japan. So, with such a brutal enemy that would have killed perhaps millions of American soldiers in an invasion, and with the availability of a new weapon, the A-Bomb that could save American lives and shorten the war, the dropping of the bombs was JUSTIFIED! Heck, even with the dropping of the bombs, the Japanese military did not want to surrender. It was the Emperor who finally decided to surrender.
2007-06-30
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