It worked, didn’t it? Also, Japan had no qualms about fucking over Korean and Chinese civilians. The systematic rape and killing of hundreds of thousands, if not millions... yeah... no. Fuck it. It worked.
And, a traditional invasion of Japan would have likely stretched out for months, maybe even years, with the estimated death toll in the vicinity of 2 million. It would have turned Japan into another nation that would be split by US and Soviet influence, as the Russians would have gotten involved in the invasion. And to be fair, no one truly understood radioactive fallout from the bombs at the time, so no one realized how truly heinous they were as a weapon. With the information at Truman's disposal, the bombs were clearly the right tactical decision.
You guys don't think letting them keep their emperor, a god-like deity to them, and a condition for their surrender, would have been an ok gesture from the allied powers? Allowing him to live would have stopped further casualties.
Are you completely ignorant of any history. Not only did they not kill the emperor, they didn't take him from power. He continued to reign until 1989. He wasn't even charged fir his many war crimes and crimes against humanity. Please bother to do even the most basic research before commenting.
I still find it too much. Even ignoring the fact that they were doing atrocious things, you don't nuke a city of innocent people. I see raping, killing, cannabalism, experiments, and whatnot against enemy soldiers to be far more acceptable. If you go to war, then you should be expecting those things to happen to you.
The warned not only the people in power but the citizens, well in advance. They carpeted the streets with warning fliers telling them to evacuate that they were going to be bombing but the leaders told them to ignore it. Japan is the one who forced America into the war, they instigated an unprovoked attack. Then proceeded to commit untold attrocities. How can you seriously say that the rape and continuous torture of millions, not to mention the deaths they caused is somehow more acceptable than the relatively quick death of the less than 200,000 who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? What the hell kind of fucked up priorities do you have where torture, rape and canabalism are "acceptable"?
"I know I kidnapped you and raped you but to be fair, I did send you a warning.
Acceptable is relative. I'd rate raping a war prisoner as far more acceptable than raping a civilian because one knew, or should have known, that it was a possibility while the other is completely helpless.
When the hell did I mention raping someone. Your taking "I would rather cut my arm off than kill myself" and turning it into "I wanna cut my arm off". Stop strawmanning me you slimy bastard.
You do know that in war, civilians don't get a free pass, right? In some instances they suffer worse fates than combatants. You shouldn't presuppose that soldiers just up and "go to war," as if they have a choice in the matter. By the way, if you think nuking a city is bad (and it is), research the firebombing of tokyo.
Your first comment: "I see raping, killing, cannabalism, experiments, and whatnot against enemy soldiers to be far more acceptable" Your second comment: "I'd rate raping a war prisoner as far more acceptable than raping a civilian because one knew, or should have known, that it was a possibility while the other is completely helpless." Both mention raping someone. Yes, the nuclear bombing was bad, but it ended the war that otherwise Japan refused to end. It savedore lives than it took. In war horrible choices have to be made, and the fact of the matter is they brought it on themselves. In a perfect world innocent civilians wouldn't suffer, only those making the decisions would, but we don't live in a perfect world. Japan was responsible for the murder of MILLIONS of civilians prior, and refused to surrender. Meanwhile less than 200,000 died in the two bombings, and as mentioned by another, at the time the full long term affects of radiation weren't fully understood by anyone yet.
People who think the nukes were necessary forget that the USSR was already talking to the Japanese about surrender and it would have likely happened. The people who get horny about how "tEh nUk3S StAHpd de waR" love to think that America actually needed to kill thousands of innocent Japanese by leveling cities. No no no dear, the American government was so piss scared of communism taking over Japan that they would have rather killed and leveled cities than have an actual peaceful resolution occur. Not to mention that America was ALREADY BOMBING JAPAN PRIOR TO THE NUKES after Pearl Harbour. The nukes were unnecessary entirely and have only made the world a much less safe environment.
Acceptable is relative. I'd rate raping a war prisoner as far more acceptable than raping a civilian because one knew, or should have known, that it was a possibility while the other is completely helpless.
Judge: "Haha, you both get life in prison."