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Nuking Japan wasn't just a terrorist act, it was likely a racist act as well.
Ask yourself why nuclear weapons weren't used on Germany. One obvious reason is that Germans
weren't dehumanized - much of the war propaganda against the Japanese was racist, speaking of the
people as non-human. Even if Gerany were an island nation like the British, it is doubtful the
Germans would never have been subjected to nuclear war.
The other main reason the US did it was to prevent Russia from taking Hokkaido, which they had eyes
on. The Russians had reclaimed the Sakhalin island (the big island north of Hokkaido) from the
Japanese empire and were preparing for an invasion. Many ethnic Japanese still live on the island,
living through five decades of Soviet communism and are still there.
By nuking Japan, the US caused the empire to surrender sooner than they would if a ground invasion
had taken place. Don't kid yourself or believe any lies: The heavy losses the US took in Okinawa
would never have happened on Honshu. The Japanese had no resources left and were preparing to
defend the main island with spears. Literally, bamboo spears, and fighting hand to hand until every
Japanese was dead. |
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Actually, there is more to the definition of terrorism than that. I also am on the wrong side, so i
will not continue. |
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I don't agree because if we landed we could have lost |
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Yes this was all over Internet few years ago, debating about this topic. People are cursing towards
the Americans about this but I believe that they done the right thing. The Japanese and their
beastly attitude towards fighting in World war 2 is not a stereotype. It is a fact. For victory and
honor the Japanese would do anything, even if it means to kill off their own army men.
Japan is responsible for the dropping of the Nuclear bomb, Little Boy and Fat man, because they
denied the Potsdam Declaration. Potsdam Declaration were agreements that American sent to Japan,
telling them that the war is over, and all they had to do was just to surrender peacefully. The
declaration showed that if the Japan denied this peaceful way to end the war, it would mean TOTAL
DESTRUCTION on their country. Japan refused. The Americans dropped the bomb, to show Japan who is
the boss.
People now then ask, "Why didn't the United States just end the war with another method?" The
Americans could, but the probability of the Japanese to try and invade again in the future for
revenge would be high, especially after the USA witnessed the ruthless Kamekaze attacks as the
United States advanced. To prevent this, USA needed a way to stop the current war, and the future
wars by Japan by scaring the Japanese with power. And the Atom bombs were the way. Many were killed
during this method, which is horrifying itself, but I believe that it was the only way to stop the
Japanese from ever attacking again.
I know that it sounds like a very evil way, but war is the very evil itself. The only way to stop
deaths is to not have a war in the first place.
The USA at the time when they used the Atom bombs were high in casualties, not just by the KameKaze
but the entire war, and the USA swore that they would not lose a single soul to a war that they have
already won. I believe that this have influenced the USA a little as well. |
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Terrorism may have played part of the reason the atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and
Hiroshima, but the main reason was because Japan was right at the point of having their own atomic
bomb in Hiroshima and had improved on the German Jet fighters that were taken out in Nagasaki. |
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The bomb was not fully developed to be used against Germany and it was the quickest way possible to
end the war i think that had the bombs not been dropped on japan the war would have lasted much
longer. It was not terrorism |
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The reason the bombs were dropped, was to save lives. Japan would not surrender, even though there
was no way they could win. Germany had already surrendered, Hitler had committed suicide. Japan's
alligience to the emporer was too strong. The Japanese people were willing to die for the emporer,
ie. Kamakazies. Many more lives would have been lost if conventional war kept on going. As bad as it
was, this was the best solution. |
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