With all of this talk of terrorism in the news I got to thinking. If killing inocent civilians is terrorism and if the US ever used a neculear wepon it would be a terrorist act, right, wrong? Define terrorism.
2006-06-30 06:53:43 · 21 answers · asked by Adam H 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
When we dropped the bombs on Japan we were saving many american and even some Japanese lives by ending the war with them. If we had invaded Japan the casualties on both sides would have been enormous....by dropping the bombs we got them to surrender within a week and we didn't loose any men.
2006-06-30 06:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by c_c_runner88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dictionary definition is using fear to attain a political goal.
Without even considering Nagasaki & Hiroshima, the US & Israel are the two most violently terroristic nations and have been for over fifty years.
Japan had been defeated by the time the H-bombe were dropped. She had no navy or air force. Some people argue that Truman dropped the bombs to send a message to Russia and to force the Japanese to surrender to the US rather than Russia.
Russia defeated Germany and if Russia was allowed to claim victory over Japan, it would have made the US look bad. Without the Japanese surrender, the US would have been left with nothing to claim for a victory.
2006-06-30 15:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did not drop a nuclear bomb, we dropped an atomic bomb. We, the US, did this to save not only American lives but Japanese lives as well. There were orders that every Japanese citizen was to fight to the last man, woman, and child. If they had not surrendered there would have been a blood bath as Allie troops would have been forced to go from house to house. This saved, by some experts, millions of lives.
Terrorism is, by its very definition, against innocent civilians when there is no declared war. Its purpose is just to terrify the innocent.
2006-06-30 14:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it wasn't.
See in that war we knew who the enemy was. They wore a uniform. In this war ( and we really are at war) we dont know who the enemy really is. It could be a man, might be a woman. Could be girl, could be a boy. It really doesnt matter. If they are throwing fire at us then they are the enemy.
Do you realize how many lives were SAVED because we dropped the atomic bombs?
Didnt think about that one did you? Id say its possibly millions.
But how? you might ask? Simple. We were ready to invade Japan and their home islands. If we hadnt dropped fat man and little boy then we would have had to invade. Japan wasnt going to surrender to an invasion. They believed in the code of Bushido.
So dropping those bombs was the only alternative.
And Im sorry as hellit had to be done. But they started the war if you remember correctly.
BTW...It was only a matter of time before hitler dropped one on us. I think they were not too far from their own bomb...
2006-06-30 14:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by smitty031 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of war is a state of open and hostile conflict between states or nations. The US was in an all-out war with Japan.
Terrorism on the other hand is done by 'sub-national, covert/clandestine groups or organizations'.
The act of aerial bombing of civilians, nuclear or otherwise, while barbaric and against the Geneva Conventions, was not a terrorist act as defined by current international law.
2006-06-30 14:12:19 · answer #5 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan - mass attacks on enemy cities in an attempt to destroy their industrial capacity were an accepted method of war.
As for using one today - the answer would depend on the circumstances. (For example dropping a nuclear bomb on a biological warfare facility in a nation planning to conduct a biological attack on another nation - terrorism or prudence?
2006-06-30 20:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did not drop a bomb on Japan because we wanted all of the Japanese people to change to our 'religion'. We were in a war with them due to them attacking our country with our warning or provocation. We dropped the bomb to end the war and save lives.
A lot of innocent people died when that bomb was dropped; a lot of innocent people also died when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
If baffles me when people talk about the atom bomb being dropped on Japan that they seem to forget, they started it!
2006-06-30 14:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by badlass7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree we did not drop a nuclear bomb on Japan.
PS.
We cut off oil supplies to Japan to provoke them into attacking us so that we could get in the war. The winner of that war was going to be the next world power and it had to be us. We dropped those bombs to end the war and show our dominance. It was a new weapon and we had to see what its effective were on country before someone else did. It had to be done.
2006-06-30 14:00:57 · answer #8 · answered by DEEJay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not compare the war on terror with WWII and the atom bombing of Japan... In 1945 it was to end a huge war, and the Japanese attacked the US first, unprovoked and unwarranted.
Terrorism by extremist Islamic fascists want to kill all Americans and destroy the West's way of life.
2006-06-30 13:58:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you have all read Hiroshima the book an all of this. I want you to look at that and feel sorry for the innocent people that had to die. Remember they wanted to kill us just like we wanted to kill them. The total people lost in the invasion and war on Japan from both sides would have outnumbered those lost just from the two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. My grandpa didn't die invading some god forsaken Japanese beach so I'm here able to give my opinion. In short I'm in favor of the bomb.
2006-06-30 14:12:49 · answer #10 · answered by Joshua D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋