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RE: Were the Bombs Necessary? Let's talk about it.
To be honest, it wasn't necessary as US would've won the Pacific war anyway, they just wanted a fast way to win it though, but an atomic bomb is never the answer. Make love not war!
While that is one theory, you should keep in mind that ignoring the Japanese empire was simply not an option. They would never surrender unless forced to. Also, remember that the bombs were a powerful message to the generals controlling the empire. The Japanese would never have surrendered without such drastic action. Believe me, if there were an option that didn't involve the bomb, I would be making an argument for that position instead. This option had the least loss of life statistically.
Thank you for your response!
Yeah, this makes sense, but an atomic bomb is a horrible solution nonetheless even if useful to fast end a war.
No one is arguing here that it's not horrible! I tried to include my feelings on this by calling Oppenheimer's work a "hellish task", I apologize if you believed me to be defending the catastrophic aftereffects of an atomic or otherwise nuclear bomb. I am purely defending the necessity of such action in a dire moment of world history.
We are on the same page here my friend