was it wrong for us to attack japan after they attacked us at pearl harbor? why or why not?

Answer 1

Read your history a bit and it will answer this question. The only thing that would have stopped anymore combat in the Pacific was the US surrendering. Japan had declared war against the USA, in fact the way Japan hoped to declare war on the US before the attack began.

As it was the US really didn't do much attacking but was attacked at Wake ISland and the Philippines. The US didn't start that fight, but they finished it.

Answer 2

It wasn't just Pearl Harbor. It was Wake Island, Phillipines, and a host of other places as well shortly there after. The first actual attack on Japan didn't happen till the Dolittle raid. And that caused negligable damage.

And the answer to your question is YES. Because to do otherwise would have meant conceeding the entire Pacific to their control.

Where were you when they were teaching world history from 1900 to present?

Answer 3

I consulted my LIB Magic 8-ball, and got this answer:
"Yes. We should have grieved and held a memorial service for the soldiers killed, and for the Japanese pilots who were injured during the attack. We should have looked deep inside ourselves and tried to find out why they hate us so much. We should have donated money to charities."

Then I consulted my REALITY Magic 8-ball, and got this answer:
"No. Attacking another country's military base is an act of war. Thousands of people were killed in that attack. We didn't attack Japan after Pearl Harbor - we went to war, and liberated millions of people (almost all yellow, by the way) from an empire that used slavery and torture as means of control."

Answer 4

Not at all--Japan asked for it. And its a good lesson for today. Following 9/11 the US went after al-Qaida--and the Taliban who were protecting them. That attack on Afghanistan was justified--we were going after the people who attacked us.

Now we are suffering the consequences of attacking Iraq--a country which, however despicable its regime and leader, had not attacked us , didn't have the capability (WMDs) t to attack us, and had no ties to al-Qaida.

Karma's a b*tch, isn't she?

Answer 5

Then why didn't they surrender after the first bomb . I agree the decision to use the bomb was hard but justifiable. the loss of life would have been 10X more and the fighting would have carried on at least another 3 years.

Answer 6

Gimme a break Samy V. Our nuclear strike saved lives on both sides of this conflict.

Answer 7

Good grief NO it was not wrong. They declared war against us.What were we supposed to do? raise our hands and surrender. You really need to study this war. The Japanese thought they could control the World and that was their intentions.

Answer 8

it ended the war and the constitution japan created made them a pacifst country. germany was on its way to a nuclear bomb. what do you think they thought when they saw the devastation? it was the lesser of two evils.

Answer 9

"For ever action there is an equal and opposite reaction". They screwed with the wrong people and they got what was coming to them. Remember, we didn't start it, they did.

Answer 10

NO! I learned this from my mother when I was six years old: Dont hit anyone first. But if they hit you first, then you need to rear back and knock the hell out of them.