On this day, August 5, back in 1945, we dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan. Your thoughts ..?

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on the significance of this event?

I meant to say August 6...I'm sorry.

I've read the first 7 answers. It is wonderful that you all understand the enormity of this event and state as such, with your answers. We Americans have great power to protect what we believe in, and we have a GREAT capacity for compassion.

Answer 1

It is probably the most significant event of the last century - and now we must consider that we have bombs that are 50 times more powerful. And not just us - the BAD GUYS have them too. Everybody from some bozo in Russia who is still fighting the Cold War - but TERRORISTS. For every one of us they kill - they get more centuries and more virgins in Paradise. They don't care if they die. That is where the real danger lies - Iran and that little creature in North Korea.
We did not know what would happen when we dropped those bombs. What DID happen was horrific - but it DID end the War - saving millions of American, Australian, New Zealand, et al AND Japanese lives, who, like modern day terrorists, were brought up believing it was honorable to die for the Emporer, and if you failed, it was honorable to dive bomb into an aircraft carrier (taking hundreds of Allies with you) or jump off a cliff with your baby in your arms.
Then, we were the REAL good guys - we rebuilt Japan and Germany. While they were still trying to kill us - the Wolfpaks anyone? Odessa? Now their economies are better than ours.
I can't remember who said it - I think it was Oppenheim quoting Shakespeare - "I have become death." There's more to it - it's worth looking it up.
We MUST take care of Hezbollah/Iran NOW. If we don't - our children - if they survive - will be sifting through the ashes until they check our from radiation poisoning. See, we care if we die.

Answer 2

At the time the bomb was dropped, Little Boy on Aug 6 and Fat Man on Aug 9, almost nothing was known of the blast and radiation effects upon people. As a result of the horrific consequences, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki taught the world the horror of nuclear war, and probably prevented a full scale nuclear confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union during the period of the Cold War.

Answer 3

I think it was August 6, 1945 and I feel it probably saved millions of peoples lives. If the war didn't stop then, there would have been an invasion, which would have cost alot of lives. I do feel sorry for all those innocent citizens of Japan, that got killed and or injured because there government wanted to go to war. Lets hope, history doesn't repeat itself....

Answer 4

It was actually August 6th. Although this event was horrific, it was the only way to stop the Japanese. It worked. Things changed for the better.

Answer 5

Good decision. It saved a lot of American soldiers. It ended the war. Now look how the Japanese people are doing. Great!

Answer 6

The war would have gone on much longer without the bomb. The Japanese were determined to fight to the last person. So actually it saved lives.

Answer 7

The end of WWII.
[although a horrific loss, the war probably would have dragged on a LOT longer without a decisive end point.]

Answer 8

from ur answers
i just want to tell u how selfish and arrogant u r
if u were in the japanese place would u have same opinion
i beleve that one day u will be burned with the fire that you lighted in the world

Answer 9

My thoughts are pure sadness...it was a disgrace.As was Pearl Harbor.

Answer 10

it stopped a war