I don't want to offend anybody..?

Question

should the USA have dropped the A bomb on Japan? I would would certainly like to hear what the Japanese people have to say on this matter. I was born in1967 so I have no say on this matter, but I'm not sure that destroying Japan was the way to do it.

I'm a son of the confederacy. I was born in Tallassee, Alabama, USA.

I know as everyone else did NOW , Japan was defeated... but not beaten!

Answer 1

We can't change the past and the atrocities of wars and we should never forget them However, we can change the way we look at these things now, and show compassion and understanding for the suffering of others, in this case the innocent Japanese women, children and men who died in atrocious circumstances. Obviously the comments above do not do any good at all to promote peace and understanding between people. They actually promote hatred, that's about it....Is this how the Americans want to be seen in the world? Sure looks like it from these comments. The good news is that they represent what the idiots think, not what the majority of Americans think.

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oh oh...thumbs down....an idiot wants to nuke me...George W? Is that you???

Answer 2

Ok. Here are the facts.
1.Japanese people don't hate Americans.
2.U.S. government knew about Pearl Harbor attack before it happened.(Americans thought Japanese were so sneaky?)
3.U.S. leaders wanted to test new A-bombs.
4.U.S.chose to drop the 2 bombs on innocent civilians, but that's because they thought that if they drop the bomb on the government buildings, it will cause more chaos.
5.Japanese military attacked only on U.S. military facilities.
6.Japan wasn't going to stop fighting until the end.
7.It ended the war.

So, go figure. War is ugly. It changes people. I think of this whenever I hear the news of war somewhere in the world. All the leaders leading a war are in the secure building, not on the battle field. They are not scared to death of when he or she will be killed. Innocent people and soldiers are the one losing their lives, not the ones leading the war.

A-bombs should be banned, no matter what. It will be a huge waste of lives, specifically the Japanese people who lost their lives, if anyone use this horrible weapons again. Didn't anyone learned anything from it??

Answer 3

No Japanese in their right mind would say the USA should have, except some politicians, like the minister who's forced to resign a few months ago after blatantly saying so in public.
That's only as far as the Japanese go. I have absolutely no idea what American people think about it. And we have absolutely no say in what they think about it. But if the majority of people are for it, the implication seems to be that there is the possibility that nukes will be used again in possible future wars, regardless of in which part of the world they may be fought and between which countries. I know that Douglas MacArthur proposed using one during the Korean war. I just hope that history won't repeat itself.

Answer 4

The U.S. dropped two bombs.
One in Hiroshima and one in Nagasaki.
There are no radiation in those two areas whatsoever. What's weird was that the Americans were holding the most grudge against the Japanese for Pearl Harbor when the U.S. has killed 100 times the amount.

Although not even listed in the text book in the U.S., there's a book which Henry Kissinger has wrote about the truth about the Pearl Harbor. The government actually knew when and where Japan was going to attack, and it was the most simplest code they have been sent which anybody can figure out.

The Japanese were the ones having trouble with the hate and racism that the Americans kept showing towards them.

Answer 5

No. It was NOT needed. The Japanese government knew the war was over. They were running low on money and supplies, They had been trying to surrender "without losing face". but the US would'nt let them. "We" had to prove a point. The bombs did NOT end the war. It was already lost. The bombs were dropped as a message to the German's and Russians. Most of the people we murdered were innocent women, children, and elderly. Try going to the library and research this. The FACTS are there, you just have to dig for them

Answer 6

The US just wanted to test how powerful those A-bombs were.
Otherwise they wouldn't have dropped two different kinds of bombs, a uranium gun-type device and a plutonium implosion-type device.
As a result, Japan surrendered, but as you know, so many innocent people were killed, injured, and suffered.
And lots of people, like my father, still have nightmares almost every night, lots of kids of A-bomb survivors, like me, are suffered with some sort of disease with genetic disorder.

I believe there were some other way to end that war.

Answer 7

Most people don't know that the firebombings by the B-29's caused more deaths than the A-bomb. There was a attitude by the Japanese military that they would fight to the last man and there was even a movement to kill the Emporer before he could announce to the public by radio that Japan would surrender. A small group of fanatics would have caused many more deaths. It is argued that Japan was already defeated (very true, they had no fuel, shipping had been completely destroyed by the U.S. submarines), but the military didn't want to suffer the humiliation of defeat.

Answer 8

Nobody appreciates any bombings that were dropped on many Japanese cities, and now we rely on America too much as hoping any protection from the U.S. in times of being attacked by North Korea, and slight possibly China. Well, as China gets stronger and stronger with its economy and military and everything there is no way we would win but lose, not matter what. We would not try to fight against China at all, even if it attacks Japan, I think. I think we should be stronger in mind as Japan needs to protect itself without any backing from the U.S. , though. The current situation is like we are the fifty-second state of America as the best example is prime minister Koizumi. I am never to agree to eliminate the Japanese composition as it states it will not possess any armors but we already have arumors and we are in contradiction about this. But maybe it is worth saying "no" out and clear to what America is doing so that we would be more independent.

Answer 9

I don't like where the US planned on dropping their firearms. I mean over civilians?! The Japanese threw their bombs over military base, I can say at least they kept the fighting where it was supposed to be and not harming innocent women and children.

Although I think retaliation was needed because of what was going on. I think the US should have researched the affects of that bomb, there was massive life loss WAY AFTER it was dropped because of radiation, sickness, famine, etc.

Nobody thinks about that, just about who "started what; gotta fight back; yadda-yadda". War is ugly no matter what, but if its gonna happen at least fight it on a decent level and not completely wipe out a city.

I also feel that those who think that it was a good idea don't think much into the matter, because well frankly nothing drastic has happened to the USA (yea 9/11 was tragic but not insanely devastating. it may be the biggest tragedy of the USA but it is nothing compared to what happens in other nations). If people thought of humanity first and suffering they would think twice about saying it was a good idea.

Answer 10

Don't worry, There is no/few anti-US movement in Japan today. People are not grumbling about A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but hating Atomic weapons and depleted uranium bombs.
Japan have been facing serious Anti-Japan movement from C and K countries since last century. And finally Japanese also started to dislike them around (since) 2005. They are more troublesome.

Answer 11

Here's a question for you, Mr. 1967. Should Japan made a treacherous surprise raid on Pearl Harbor? I would certainly like to hear what the Japanese people have to say on that matter. For my point of view, yes, the USA should and did drop the bomb on Japan. We did not start the war with Japan, but we damn sure ended it. Feel free to thumbs down all you like.