The Japs were the most evil race of cunts ever to grace the planet. As previous posters have mentions they were actually worse than the Nazi cunts, final solution aside. It was wholesale genocide in china and nothing is mentioned about it.
If anything, I think we should drop another bomb on the cunt just to keep them in line. Who knows, the resultant rebuilding of Tokyo could re-invigorate their flagging property market after 20 years of depression, the slanty eyed, inhuman bastards.
As for the cunts who claim that the Yanks should never have dropped the bomb or second bomb, go sign a petition to save a dead mangy Lion, you softcock gaylords and leave the business of winning wars to the rest of us. Diplomacy my bollix.
The war was already won buddy. The instant annihilation of cities (without any warning) full of innocent civilians, the few survivors of whom - and their descendants - faced the rest of their lives in unimaginable agony, that is what what finished it, because the soldiers, whoâs job it was, were either too incompetent or too chickentshit that they couldnât force the Japs to surrender using conventional means, as was custom throughout the ages.
There was no need to do it, there really wasnât. Unless you have a grĂĄ for wanton bloodlust. Iâd say there is a direct lineage from America dropping the bomb to yanks going round shooting each other up in cinemas and schools/churches or what have you, every other week.
All reasonable points, but all with the benefit of hindsight. At the time you couldnât blame the Americans who just wanted to end the was, knowing it would cost hundred of thousands of lived to carry out a land invasion. Countries at was donât value opponents lives equal to their own, even civilians. I know Iâm Old Testament on this, but the atrocities they carried out I think two bombs were justified. I donât think any of us would assume that if the Japs had the bomb theyâd have left it with Rory from Elephant self storage.
Another good point Laz. If anything a warning would have increased the psychological impact, and may have reduced civilian casualties.
In addition, on any understanding of law of war at the time, this was a massive war crime. It wasnât an attack on a military target and the collateral damage was so massive as to be conpletely out of proportion with any military target. The Americans knew it was wrong. They still decided to do it, twice.
Problem was the Japs wouldnât surrender. They would do the hari-kari thing before surrendering, down to ebery last man. It would have got very messy altogether. In the end it was the emperor (a living god) who issued the surrender. The bombs I think were 3 days apart, the surrender came I think a week after the second. So the yanks showed some bit of mercy.
The bombs had nothing to do with Japan. They were already surrendering. The real question is were the bombs justified to stop the soviets running riot? IMO yes.
The Soviets would have steamrolled across Europe if it wasnât for the bomb. The bomb meant they couldnât attack. Itâs no coincidence that as soon as they got their own bomb the Korean war started.
I would go as far as to say the nuclear bomb has saved millions of lives in the last 70 years. Never again can major countries go to war, at least not directly.
