2007-10-15 10:28:12 · 8 answers · asked by Grama 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
OK, we all agree war is bad and barbaric.
2007-10-15 10:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Technically, you could argue it was the exact reverse.
Terrorism is doing harm and saying "bend to our wishes or you'll get more and it will get worse".
In the case of the nukes, they used the very most powerful weapons at their disposal to shock Japan into surrender, and save everybody a US landing in force in the archipel that would have caused a long war of attrition and likely cause tens, if not hundreds, of thousands additional dead, as well as effectively destroyed Japan to a degree that would have been worse than the state Germany was left.
I am not sure how long it would have taken the US to make more nukes if the two they used had not succeeded in forcing a surrender.
2007-10-15 17:41:59 · answer #2 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It was not. It was an act of on openly declared war. It was either that or continue conventional bombing and then an invasion of Japan that would have resulted in many more deaths.
2007-10-15 17:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
History belongs to the victor.
2007-10-15 17:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by Dragon Prince 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
it was used to stop the war and save american lives
2007-10-15 21:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
**** no !!!!
it was the USA saying Listen we got ******* atomic bombs and we're not afraid to ******* use them okay ?
2007-10-15 18:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Kayla G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.. it was the USA saying "Eff Off."
2007-10-15 17:31:31 · answer #7 · answered by da_sololop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but I can see how you might say it was.
2007-10-15 19:02:49 · answer #8 · answered by Alex T 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋