Was it right to drop the atom bombs on Japan in WW2 ?

Answer 1

Well I don't think it is right to drop nukes on anyone. However I also acknowledge that President Truman was facing at least 5 more years of war in the Pacific. Many more American and Japanese servicemen would have died. It is hard to say whether those death tolls would have topped Japanese casualties from the bombs. What always bothered me about Hiroshima and Nagasaki was that after seeing the power of the fist bomb the Emperor didn't surrender immediately, thus incurring a second attack. Understand this though, if it hadn't been for Japan those bombs might have been used some time later with much more staggering death tolls. So if nothing else it told us dropping nukes was something that shouldn't be taken lightly.

Ok EDINA we get it you don't like US Foriegn Policy. However you should really save that for the current Iraq debates, because whether you like it or not Japan attacked us, thus drawing us into WWII. Oh and here's a clue for ya, they did it because they wanted grab up resources on all the pacific islands.

Answer 2

before answering this question we should know the fact of that war session.the dropping the atom bomb is occurred due the technical default such as communication problem on that time.Japanese and American are taking about the war due to some hot controversy Japanese are not satisfied with the American, so the Japanese start the war from the war aeroplanes, after some time once again the war stop talks take place between both countries and the both countries had satisfied, so the Japanese send the information to their troop but unfortunately the information s are not conveyed in the right time, so the Japanese start to drop the bomb and start to shout,so this makes the Americans to drop the atom bombs after this.
even though technical default writes the Japanese fade, dropping the atom bomb by the Americans is the right feedback by mentally.
since Japanese knows the disasters of atom bomb, right now they are away from the nuclear invasions after occupies the major market of the universe.

Answer 3

Cold hard math bares out the fact that more people (Solders & Innocent Japanese/Americans/invading Russians even) would have died if the 2 bombs had not been dropped. Leaders during war time sometimes must choose from a very limited number of options (in this case 2) with each option involving the murdering of innocents. The best they can ever do is choose to murder the least number of people. This is what Truman did.

Answer 4

That's a tough question. I've thought about it a lot. It seems to be a case where the ends justify the means. On the other hand, killed a city full of civilians is exactly what international law is supposed to stop. It's heavy. I still haven't decided. I'm just glad the situation doesn't come up often.

Answer 5

Do you mean was it right to kill lots and lots of innocent people, and hurt and cripple lots and lots more? No, I don't think so. The war would have ended anyway, sooner or later, and the damage would not have been so terrible, if it had finished without the atom bombs.

Answer 6

It's weird that anyone would have any doubts about this!Of course it wasn't:I am not upholding the view that either America or Japan were infallible and mere victims,but wreaking havoc on millions of people,havoc which will continue to cause cancer,abnormities etc to the generations -to-come is no decent way to solving the problem....It's a matter of being HUMAN above all.

Answer 7

NO, definitly not. But it is US style: intervention, intervention. No wonder, the usa is not very popular among far and middle east countries. The US was not asked to start a war on anyone's side, but they also wanted areas: neocolonization, you know. And they were as happy with their little bomb, they wanted to try it, immediately.
Since then, millions of handicapped have been born there...And nobody has the right to kill a country - not even one single man.

Answer 8

Right? Tough call. Neither side was honorable or equitable. They still aren't. The odd thing it's only happened twice over a live target irrespective of proliferation. Weird, huh?

Answer 9

Absolutely. They started it, they totally had it coming. You don't want the consequences of war? DON'T START ONE.

And to Edu: 60,000 soldiers died in WWII, you don't think the "damage would have been all that terrible" to continue it? A war that America didn't even start and wanted nothing to do with? A war led by insane dictators whose main goal was the death of all people who did not agree with them? C'mon.

Answer 10

To wrongs never will make anything right in this world.

Vengences in mine said the lord. People have always taken it into their own hands, but who knows, maybe God was working thru the Americans hands, without you knowing this.