Comment Re:Good news (Score 0) 386
Nuclear weapons were unknown at the time of the unannounced bombing. Japan didn't know the US was going to use nuclear weapons on its civilian population. They didn't know what sort of effect it would have. They didn't even know the US had nuclear weapons.
So until someone proves otherwise I assume that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were revenge of the lowest and basest kind. Revenge for Pearl Harbor.
I harbor no illusions about the nastiness of war. But how can the horrible slaughter caused by the bomb be said to be moral unless it was a last option?
Apologists want us to believe that the bomb was necessary but they never ask the question. Was it the last possible option?
Dropping the bomb on a less populated island in Japan after announcing to the world they were going to do so may have ended the war much earlier. Japan may have seen the terrible threat they faced in continuing the war and surrendered their already almost hopeless situation. If they didn't the US would have had the moral high ground you talk about in using the bomb on other more populated centers. The military wanted a decisive victory and humiliating defeat for Japan that would allow them to set the rules for Japan's occupation.
What happened was a horrible mistake and is a mark of shame on the US. It started the arms race, and to this day is a threat indirectly aimed at every other nation.
So until someone proves otherwise I assume that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were revenge of the lowest and basest kind. Revenge for Pearl Harbor.
I harbor no illusions about the nastiness of war. But how can the horrible slaughter caused by the bomb be said to be moral unless it was a last option?
Apologists want us to believe that the bomb was necessary but they never ask the question. Was it the last possible option?
Dropping the bomb on a less populated island in Japan after announcing to the world they were going to do so may have ended the war much earlier. Japan may have seen the terrible threat they faced in continuing the war and surrendered their already almost hopeless situation. If they didn't the US would have had the moral high ground you talk about in using the bomb on other more populated centers. The military wanted a decisive victory and humiliating defeat for Japan that would allow them to set the rules for Japan's occupation.
What happened was a horrible mistake and is a mark of shame on the US. It started the arms race, and to this day is a threat indirectly aimed at every other nation.
