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In reply to the discussion: No Choice: Why Harry Truman Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan [View all]GaYellowDawg
(4,446 posts)Im so tired of the bullshit revisionist history. Its as egregious as the Confederarses who try to revise the history of the Civil War.
FACT: Japan was a brutal, hyperaggressive, racist, expansionist regime that would never have stopped going to war unless an occupying army fought house to house throughout the entire country or they were intimidated into total surrender. We would have lost tens of thousands of American soldiers lives with the former. And you know what? I can live with that, because that brutal warrior culture didnt merit spending rivers of American blood to satisfy second guessers.
FACT: The war wasnt over when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. Not even close. They were prepared to fight a lot longer.
FACT: If Japan were inhabited by white Germans they still would have been nuked. The only difference between Dresden and Nagasaki or Hiroshima was the number of bombs used. Germany was absolutely devastated by Allied bombers. The only reason Germany didnt get nuked was because the bomb wasnt ready to go in time for that campaign.
As for your last comment: Yeah, because the U.S. was all about wanting to bully the world. What a bunch of self-righteous asinine drivel. The main reason the bomb was used was because the country was tired as hell of war and wanted it to be done.