[QUOTE="bacon_is_sweet"][QUOTE="Articuno76"][QUOTE="bacon_is_sweet"][QUOTE="portej"]Guys guys guys... when all is said and done, we all know the real reason behind the decision to drop the atomic bombs.
The US wanted to test the weapon on a real life human city. Testing the bomb in the middle of a desert is one thing, but testing it on real, breathing, living human beings in a real city... that is totally another. Incidentally, the first bomb they dropped was a uranium bomb, and the second bomb they dropped was a plutonium bomb...
Articuno76
What ever the "real" reason, it saved U.S. lives regardless.
It bothers me that you slipped the word "U.S" in there so intentionally. We aren't in the 40's anymore so try looking at things more objectively rather than being US-centric on the issue. I guess I'm lucky enough to come from neither of the countries involved.
Though one thing I have to wonder, fine they ended the war with a bomb...but why two bombs? Wasn't one enough? What argument can anyone put forward for this?
Sorry if I see the lives of our troops more important then the lives of an enemy that despises us. And the Japanese wouldn't surrender after the first bomb.
The enemy that despises you? You know WW2 ended like...a long time ago, probably before you were even born. Looking back as an historian you shouldn't have such an obvious bias. T
he necessity of it should be judged by the value of life, American or otherwise, in fact that even paints the image of the faultless American hero somewhat (I doubt that solidiers on any side in the war were saints themselves,almost everyone thinks they are the good guys in a war). Who was the home side of the goody or the baddy doesn't really matter, it's all a point of view anyway.
If your argument was it was necessary to save American life then at the time I am sure that it was a good idea, open n shut case. But we are in 2007, we aren't asking whether it was necessary for the Americans to save themselves lives, but whether it was necessary, full stop.
Doesn't matter the year. In war you need to weigh things. If troops would have invaded you would have had the deaths of U.S. troops as well as the death of Japanese citizens and solders anyway. Using the bomb left U.S. troops out of the equation. Doesn't matter what my home country is, strategically its a better bet. And I'm not sure I'm getting exactly want you want me to say.
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