Was the atomic bombing of Japan justified?

[Bobbyk]

Yes it totally ended the WW2, but was it worth it? Yes it cost a lot of lives of innocent people. Japan wouldn't have given up without it. What do you think?

[Fake]

Victor's Justice

[The nameless Gamer]

Dropping a mass destruction device with hazardous effects lasting decades on millions of civilians is a war crime. It was nothing but ruthless massacre of innocent people.

[Fajita Jim]

We'd have been fighting schoolkids with bombs strapped to them if we'd invaded the home islands. It wouldn't have been fun for anyone.

Two and done isn't exactly nice and neat but it worked. Besides, the firebombings of Tokyo (and Dresden earlier) killed more people than either bomb, and if the bombs hadn't worked that's what was coming before the beach landings.

[Dawido]

Ehkem, Unit 731, Ehkem, Japan enslaving woman, Ekhem, Japan murdering civilians of other countries it invaded

[TwisterCat]

Killing is killing, destruction will always destroy. It needn't justification, nor explaining of why it was necessary for good to prevail, it is what it is.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by Dewido:

Ehkem, Unit 731, Ehkem, Japan enslaving woman, Ekhem, Japan murdering civilians of other countries it invaded

"My enemy is committing war crimes, so I will commit them too." One monstrous act does not justify the other.

[St✩rlight]

Yes. They were a threat to the entire world and attacked many nations unprovoked.

[Rio]

It was done before I even was born. So my opinion is pretty irrelevant.

[volusat]

the real mistake was not nuking north korea, china and rusia too

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by TwisterCat:

Killing is killing, destruction will always destroy. It needn't justification, nor explaining of why it was necessary for good to prevail, it is what it is.

Is murder of innocent people what you define as doing good?

[secuda]

Yes, they saved troops by doing so. If you go by their previus landing on their captured island. And since we are talking about main island with the most diehard troops left to defend.... it could prolong the war and even be devided just like germany with USSR on one side and USA on the other.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by secuda:

Yes, they saved troops by doing so. If you go by their previus landing on their captured island. And since we are talking about main island with the most diehard troops left to defend.... it could prolong the war and even be devided just like germany with USSR on one side and USA on the other.

Then why didn't they drop the A-bombs on a MILITARY target instead of civilians?

[TwisterCat]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Originally posted by TwisterCat:

Killing is killing, destruction will always destroy. It needn't justification, nor explaining of why it was necessary for good to prevail, it is what it is.

Is murder of innocent people what you define as doing good?

Point being, there is no good in killing. I'm neither against it, nor for it. I could name reasons to be both. I wasn't referring to America as good either, rather in general; the reality of the world.

It's a tragedy. That's what I truly think.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by Dewido:

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

"My enemy is committing war crimes, so I will commit them too." One monstrous act does not justify the other.

Well, in this situation Japan war crimes are were on the same level as germany or russia, so well, i dont think that they would easily give up.
I dont hate Japan, i actually respect them, but during ww2 they did unspeakable things, and even thought i feel bad for people who died in atomic bomb attack, still, you cant undone what happened

I am not denying what Japan's army did. But you are not in a position to condemn them for acts you are repeating. (Not you personally, of course)

[Hairy Hands Harry]

Originally posted by Ronny:

Yes it totally ended the WW2,

That may not be true. We were already destroying entire cities with conventional bombing raids. And using incendiary bombs. Like was done at Dresden. Japan only had 8 cities left when we used the Atomic bombs. Japan did not seem to care. They would go on fighting. Kinda like the Churchill speech of the UK fighting to the last man. Japan surrendered just after Russia declared war on Japan and promised to start attacking. That seems to be the real reason. But the west does not want to admit that.