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Originally Posted by termogard
Eye for an Eye, in other words.......nice logic !  |
Actually the logic that you appear to totally miss is that there was already a massive death toll due to Japans aggression in the region. The US decided to take decisive action to end the war quickly with as few allied casualties as possible by using what is undoubtedly the most terrible weapon of mass destruction ever used. Was it morally the right thing to do? Probably not but wars are rarely all that moral. Justifiable to reduce more loss of life of your own people and those of your allies? I believe so.
Dropping the bombs wasn't an eye for an eye, it wasn't retrubution. It was done to reduce the loss of allied lives and force the surrender of an aggressor who had caused millions of deaths in the region. And in that the bombs were undoubetdly very effective.