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Originally Posted by Bond
I think you have the completely wrong impression. We didn't drop those bombs on Japan to show them we were the baddest boys on the block, that is ludicrous; I can't believe you actually think that. We dropped those bombs to prevent more deaths, and not just of Americans. War is about surviving.
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Saying they dropped those nukes solely for an outright good-hearted military strategy is extremely, extremely naive of you. If they had just wanted to bring an end to the war, there were other, less atrocious ways of doing it.
Don't get me wrong -- the nukes
did bring a very definite end to the whole conflict, but if an end to the conflict is all they were after, there were certainly other methods of getting there.
The primary function of dropping those bombs was almost certainly to flex United States military muscle. It was to say "Okay, you attacked us at Pearl Harbour, on our own turf, when we wanted nothing to do with it, so now we're going to get you back 100 times as bad." And they did. The absolute devastation those two nuclear warheads brought to Japan was not simply about ending a war. It was about showing what happens when you go after the United States of America. More of a statement than anything.
It's nice to see that you have faith in the true and righteous ways of the US government, but unfortunately, the real world doesn't quite work that way. Governments are not all about good intentions and doing the right thing. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are clear examples of that.
The nukes were to show what happened to foolish countries who went after the 'States on their own ground, and for over 50 years everyone made good note and didn't do anything quite as bold as what Japan did. Just recently with the terrorist attacks on American soil we saw that over-reaction and flexing of military might yet again. We'll all seen the US go ballastic on everything that they think has anything to do with terrorist activity. Afghanistan was pulverized in retaliation, and you can be sure more than a few of those "stray" missles we all heard about that killed innocent Afghani citizens were slightly on the intentional side. Payback. Simply payback.
You can go on and continue thinking that the US did nothing more than what they absolutely had to do, but that's overly foolish of you. A country that's had innocent citizens killed for seemingly no reason will pretty much always snap back with over-aggression, and vengeful thoughts.
Reality of it is, cruel actions aren't done just for survival, or just to bring an end to conflict. There's very often some kind of underlying revenge tactic at play.
You shove me, I'll calmly deal with you in search of a peaceful, reasonable resolution
isn't the way it works.
In truth, you shove me, I'll shove you harder.
Time to wake up and look at things in a slightly more intelligible way.