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 To end a war (6)

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To end a war

Was the United States justified in dropping nuclear bombs on Japan in order to end WWII?
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1) It worked.

2) If the Japanese (or any Axis power member) had gotten them first then make no mistake they would have used them on us.

3) Someone somewhere in the world was going to use them first. If the US had not someone else would. A couple cities had to get obliterated somewhere around the world no matter what so the horror could be established and trigger deterrence.

4) Without detonating nuclear weapons we never would have seen the birth of Godzilla!

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You know I was going to argue points 1-3, but point 4 sold me.

outlaw60(15368) Disputed
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Progressive why was Japan sent a serious message and they came out waving the White Flag of Surrender ? Got any clue ?

End a war?

Come on, everyone knows that the bombs were dropped for revenge.

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Yes. If we didn't dropped the atomic bomb(s) on Japan, then we would have had to invade Japan by land, sea, and air in which would cost the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not million(s).

And as one said above, you can be damned sure if Germany or Japan had their hands on those weapons, they would have done the same thing.

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Most of me wants to say no, simply for the amount of innocent lives that were lost. However, as it has been pointed out, someone....somewhere was going to do it. We saw first hand the destruction and devastation and that ultimately ended the war and helped us all keep track of such weapons of mass destruction.