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Originally Posted by Tenchu
You guys are pretty terrible...
Thinking up ways to justify mass murder of civilians... Every country will turn into a militia if they are given weapons and invaded, provided they like their country, of course.
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There is no justification, because such things are never "fair". I don't think we are trying to justify the U.S.'s actions, but provide the reasons for why they were unfortunately necessary. You can't beat your swords into plowshares if everyone else is still swinging swords at you. What would you rather the U.S. have done? Invaded Japan and slowly wiped out its people as they all fought to the bitter end? Would you like that better?
Sure, the bomb was made and dropped by the U.S., but the cause behind it was the Japanese government. They knew they were losing
a year before. If the government had been willing to surrender at that point, the bomb would not have been used. The U.S. dropped the bomb
because the Japanese government was unwilling to stop and surrender--not because they hated Japanese civilians, or wanted to try out this cool new bomb, or any other stupid reason.