It's very easy to judge past America 60 years from the moment.
Say you're about to be shipped out to run up a hill and killed by Japanese machine guns.
Wouldn't you prefer Truman use a super weapon to end the war ?
Say you're about to be shipped out to run up a hill and killed by Japanese machine guns.
Wouldn't you prefer Truman use a super weapon to end the war ?
> Say as an armed soldier, you're about to be shipped out to run up a hill and killed by Japanese machine guns.
> Wouldn't you prefer Truman use a super weapon on civilians to end the war ?
I know WWII blurred the lines on what counts a legitimate target (military installations, civilian-manned factories, entire towns like the firebombing of Dresden). As a soldier, would you be able to justify indiscriminate targeting of unarmed civilians? I suspect some Americans lack empathy on that part because the US homeland has never had a hot war in a very long time to the extent that is not imaginable.
In that case I see no difference between a solder and a civilian. Truman's duty is to American boys who are dying in a war Japan started. He's wasn't the president of Japan
You also have to factor in with any negotiation Japan may of argued they still owned Korea, as they'd had since 1910
In the Battle of the Bulge children were drafted,they magically become disposable war machines.
Surely even when you're drafted, being trained and armed sets you apart from civilians? This WWII vet[1] is of the opinion that even unarmed soldiers (AKA ejected pilots who no longer have access to arms) are not legitimate targets, let alone civilians.
Shouldn't those lives count as well.
Ether way Truman was president of AMERICA, not the greater good
I mean there are ways to end a war without total destruction.
And the logic of killing civilians to save soldiers is just .. no comment.
Since their was totally a way to invade Japan and not harm any civilians. Since Japan totally didn't kill millions of innocent Chinese , Vietnamese, and Philippinos. It's not a bad guy good guy comic When exactly was the last no civilian casualties war ?
We firebombed Dresden too, but you don't see Germany getting a peace day.
And remember Truman's first duty is to save the lives of the drafted men on the front lines.
Great idea! Now, how do we persuade the other side to sign that agreement?
This was a decision to hasten the end of the war, but did we ever actually leave? We still have bases in Japan. This was about hastening an end with a guarantee that the US would have full control of Japan.
Please don't misunderstand me though, Japan needed to be defeated thoroughly, it had acted and performed gross injustices against many people in the world. But these bombs were not necessary.
We could have used those 1 million Purple Hearts we produced for the invasion of Japan for anyone who stubbed a toe during all the festivities.
I talked with my grandfather often about his service as a submariner in the pacific, brutal, but oddly he never hated the Japanese. He saved that for the French.