| This weekend was the 60th anniversary of the 1st A-bomb
dropped on Hiroshima. Tomorrow will be the 60th anniversary of the 2nd bomb which
was dropped on Nagasaki. Of course it's a horrible memory, but I'm convinced that it
was unfortunately the right thing to do. |
| Wow, it's hard to justify killing 200-250,000 people.
It sounds SO stupid to say that it was a good thing, but you really gotta
understand the situation. I can't stress that enough... you really
must understand the history of what lead up to it. Anyhow, here's the 'logic' behind
it... |
| By December 1945, it was obvious that Japan would lose the
war, but they showed absolutely no signs of surrender. Therefore, America would be
forced to mount a invasion of Japan itself, and that would have been an absolute disaster!
Official estimates figured that up to 500,000 American lives would be lost in the
process. Of course the Japanese would lose even more lives than that. Only by
absolutely dominating the Japanese would the Americans truly win the war... one way to do
that was to invade and fight for every inch of Japan, and the other was to use our
top-secret weapon. |
| In the end, wiping out a city (Hiroshima) and killing over
100,000 seemed like the best idea. But as we know, 3 days after the first atomic
bomb was dropped, Japan STILL refused to surrender, so America was forced to do the same
thing to Nagasaki. Only then did the stubborn Japanese leadership finally give up
because they knew they truly had no chance against the power and determination of the
Americans. |
| War is crazy, and what's 'good' in war is never ever good
in normal life. Simply put, 200-250,000 Japanese people and 2 cities were sacrificed
to save even more death and destruction. It wasn't a good thing that was done, but
it was better than the alternative. And in the end, I'm proud to say that America
spent tons of money and time building Japan back up. Keep in mind that even
defeated, Japan was America's bitter enemy, and after so many years of fighting, the last
thing I'm sure any American wanted was to spend more time and money on the Japanese!
But they did because it was the right thing to do. With America's help, Japan
turned itself around and within about 20 years became more prosperous than ever! As
horrible as that time of history was, it ended up bringing about great things. It
was thanks to the 2 atomic bombs that all this was made possible. |
| Anyhow, that's the VERY brief reasoning behind it all.
There's a lot more to it, but I can't get into that here. If you're
interested, you should definitely go and study the history a little more. It's
fascinating stuff! |
| PS - If you're interested in learning about the bombing
specifically, check out a book called Black Rain. |
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