Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: Hiroshima - Was it right to drop the bomb? (10 Points)
On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped a uranium atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. About 140,000 people were killed in the blast and the after-effects, which included radiation poisoning and cancers.
Was the USA justified in doing this? Was it right?
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I think that the Americans dropped the bomb for a stupid reason. They asked the Japanese if they surrendered they would stop, knowing that Japan would answer no. Further more, the Americans instead of spending the money they built to build the bomb to show the world how strong and clever they are, they could’ve spent that money to rebuild their country and to find cures for diseases.
The other reason why I think it was wrong is because the Americans used the Japanese as rats on innocent people. They weren’t even soldiers. If it was their family, they would feel devastated and very much destroyed. As you can see the pilot and the rest of the crew and are happy to be getting away but if they are dead they would be as devastated as the Japanese were when their families died.
The other reason why I don’t know is because that the Japanese dropped a bomb in Pearl Harbor so that the Americans would get them back for what they did as well. While the Japanese were doing wrong in trying to control the rest of Asia, America shouldn’t have exaggerated as much as they did.
I think that the Americans dropped the bomb for a stupid reason. They asked the Japanese if they surrendered they would stop, knowing that Japan would answer no. Further more, the Americans instead of spending the money they built to build the bomb to show the world how strong and clever they are, they could’ve spent that money to rebuild their country and to find cures for diseases.
The other reason why I think it was wrong is because the Americans used the Japanese as rats on innocent people. They weren’t even soldiers. If it was their family, they would feel devastated and very much destroyed. As you can see the pilot and the rest of the crew and are happy to be getting away but if they are dead they would be as devastated as the Japanese were when their families died.
The other reason why I don’t know is because that the Japanese dropped a bomb in Pearl Harbor so that the Americans would get them back for what they did as well. While the Japanese were doing wrong in trying to control the rest of Asia, America shouldn’t have exaggerated as much as they did.
- Gift.
7 Points
Why did the Americans know that the Japanese would refuse to their surrender terms? (Bonus point for this answer)
Because they are trained not to surrender and after America took them over they requested that they take their Emperor out of power. They loved their Emperor like a god and would not give up even if they were threatened to be killed.
Because they are trained not to surrender and after America took them over they requested that they take their Emperor out of power. They loved their Emperor like a god and would not give up even if they were threatened to be killed.
-Gift
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