Originally posted by yers
I dont need to know anything about war to tell you that killing thousands of innocent people with a bomb is wrong.
We were going to kill many innocent people with artillery, airstrikes, and general fighting in the cities, plus the high casualty rate on our side.
You know Iwo Jima? The fighting was going to be like that all over Japan. It was not looking good at all for the Allies.
Originally posted by another user
You say the japanese were going to kill 1 million americans,
And British people, they were sided with us.
Originally posted by another user
so all of those japanese killed were going to do it? Even the children, the mothers, the elderly. Ok...
What makes an elderly person different from an 18 year old solider? They already lived their life, while the 18 year old is out there doing what his country told him to do. They were the enemy, and we were going to do whatever it took to win with the least casualties on our side.
Originally posted by another user
Basically america played dirty, and kicked japan in the nuts.
Japan kicked us in the nuts with Pearl Harbor.
Not only that, we asked them to give up and surrender before the bomb was dropped. They knew about our nuclear capabilities. Emperor Hirohito said that Japan will never give up, and basically asked for us to drop the bomb on them.