...for me, the point is, did those lives NEED to be blown to the astral? No, they did not. It's not about what Japan had did or would have done. Japan never posed as some "beacon of light".
The war could've been over, Japan defeated without anymore loss of life on both sides, if the U.S. was truly the 'humanitarian' that it claimed/claims to be. These other cats want to ignore the overwhelming evidence that there was politics involved in the decision. They want to hold on to this American care bearism that says that the bombings were some noble effort to "save lives" and end and already ending war. Bullshit.

As i said in above posts; military reasons, desire for atomic diplomacy (Impressing the Soviets), racism, the need for scientists to validate their work, and fear of Congressional heat for a two billion dollar project, is why the administration chose to use the bombs.

Peace

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