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Well the bomb was retaliation for the Bataan Death March.
Either way, no side is innocent.
Yeah, I'm so glad the civilians in Hiroshima got punished for participating in war crimes
Gotta blow em up make a point y'know
I feel like itโs how my gut flora arenโt responsible for my actions or anything but will suffer my choices and othersโ choices involving me.
The bomb is one of the many crime against humanity US have commited and have not been punished for. Hiroshima museum is a testimony of this crime.
Promptly swept under the rug and censored so the country doesn't get a bad rep
.. oh wait
It's not clear that this affected the decision to drop the bombs let alone the sole reasoning. Frankly, there was little justifiable strategic argument for use of them at that point in the war aside from as a form of intimidation against the Soviet Union. More likely the US would have dropped the bombs regardless and it was used as a justification after the fact: "the Japanese were barbaric, so this justifies our barbarism!"
Solution: build bigger bombs!
Ah yes, those Japanese children and citizens ordered the Bataan March. Yep, thatโs how it happened
For generations.
Gotta be more inhumane than the enemy
that's the art of war
You seriously need to read that book if that's what you think. It's expedient in the moment with forever repercussions.
Books? In this day and age?!