; and if it was just, why are Americans so afraid of what they have given ie there is always a good reason to bomb others but bombs should never be used on their citizens
2006-08-11 06:27:52 · 9 answers · asked by Hydra 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Japan had no intention of surrender, we where losing thousands of men a day fighting an enemy with suicidal intentions. We had a weapon and where obligated to use it. I personally think we should have nuked Japanese military installations first instead of cities, if that didn't get their surrender, then we could have moved on to more desperate targets. Today, the USA is much more sensitive to civilian casualties.
2006-08-11 06:42:30 · answer #1 · answered by archimedes_crew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The estimates, at the time, to invade Japan (continuing with conventional warfare) would cost 1M+ american casualties and 20M+ Japanese injured and dead. In addition there may have been some knowledge of Japanese experiments with biological weapons.
I think most countries feel that way about having their homeland bombed, when the Doolittle raid bombed Japan in 1942, the Japanese killed most of the captured american flyers for insulting the Japanese people. This in spite of what they were doing in China, Indochina, and other parts of Southeast Asia.
2006-08-11 13:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by Info_Please 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was done mostly out of desperation to end the war. Also no one had seen what it could do, I think the "morbid curiosity" factor was also a reason. To see what would actually happen. It was a surprise to everyone the devastaion it caused....
2006-08-11 13:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by jimhead 5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this was the 40's in America you would get a punch in the head.
2006-08-11 13:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. An invasion of Japan would have cost at least a million lives.
2006-08-11 13:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by Gungnir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people learn from mistakes. and so does humanity. The bombing ended ww2 quiker than it would have, it killed more Japanesse, but saved American lives. its a double edged sword
2006-08-11 13:35:02 · answer #6 · answered by NNY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think it was just for the Japanese to rape, torture, and kill the people of China, Korea, and the Philippines? They got what they deserved. The Japs weren't innocent victims of WW2.
2006-08-11 13:41:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They started it. We ended it. At a big cost. It's called war, it was justifiable.
2006-08-11 13:36:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just wanted to kill 100,000 people then
2006-08-11 13:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by mo_rashad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋