Who draw the plan/gave the order to nuke Japan? TWICE?
Confessing a sin: for decades i blamed Truman for being a monster and bombing Nagasaki, which was not even a relevant military target anyway. Until a fellow Quoran showed me that dropping 2 bombs in a short time interval was a way to sign to Japan that USA had many bombs to use (which was not true).My mindset was bended by the illusion that WW2 Japan was the same country of educate people with small body parts that permeated my TV shows. Japan was a bully of a country, invading, killing and raping their neighbors with a cruel and racist cultural superiority propaganda.Japan had to be totally humiliated, or the 300.000 lifes lost on Okinawa invasion would look tiny in comparison to what a non-nuke war would cost.For breaking the spine of one of the most evil states in recent history and turn them into the cute people that we love today, we should thank Truman.
How is Japan an ally of the same country that nuked it twice not long ago?
Most Japanese people came to understand that the militaristic, nationalistic and fascistic strand of Japanese culture that drew them into WWII was a very bad thing.Perhaps they have not come to terms with this to the extent of Germany, but they have shown consistent support for liberal democratic values and a pacifist leaning constitution.During WWII they were told - and believed - that Americans would rape and kill everyone if they had the chance. When America administered the country after the surrender this did not, of course, happen. The USA was a benevolent occupier and helped put the country back together (it is easy to forget now that the USA was once capable of nation building..).In WWII Japan was more or less a brainwashed cult. The surrender and benevolent occupation broke that spell: although Japanese people are generally reluctant to criticise their ancestors (which causes all sorts of problems for them internationally) they would not want to go back to what they were as a society during those dark times.In short, they changed and know they changed for the better.Even views on the nuclear bombings vary.I remember having an intense conversation with a Japanese guest house owner in Kyoto.He argued, strongly that not only was America right to drop the bombs, but doing so had saved Japan. The alternative was an unimaginable loss of life and a destruction of Japan from which they would still not have recovered.The person he could not forgive was the emperor, who he thought should have commited suicide after the surrender - and dishonored the Japanese by not taking responsibility for the errors of the nation.Although this particular view is probably rare, the gratitude for the conduct of America in the two decades after the surrender runs very deep in the national psyche and has shaped modern Japan as a staunch ally of the USA.
Why did U.S nuke Japan?
To end the war. There were, basically, only three options at the time: 1. Invade Japan. This would've resulted in massive loss of life on both sides. Millions of Japanese civilians would've died, as would hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers. Obviously that would've been horrible. 2. Blockade Japan. This would've spared the Allies any further losses, but would have caused mass starvation in Japan, killing millions, and would've had to go on for who knows how long. 3. Nuke Japan. This was, obviously, the historical choice, and I fully support it. The bombings only killed around 200,000 people, total - a fraction of the death that the other options would've caused. I personally believe that the second bombing was necessary, as well. Had we just bombed Hiroshima, the Japanese may have believed we had no more nukes, or that we wouldn't drop any more. They were wrong, and we made that plainly evident with the second bomb.
Why don't we nuke anyone anymore?
I mean, we dropped two nukes in like a week back in WWII but haven't dropped any in the 70 years since. ISIS is certainly deserving of it. We should nuke Raqqa. It would send them a message that they have zero chance against us. And let's face it, that mushroom cloud looks cool. Who's with me?
If Japan gets nuked again by North Korea, would Trump care? Would the Chinese and Koreans care or even celebrate it? Would Japan simply be finished as a nation after that?
Trump cares about nothing but himself, he doesn’t even care about his own family, as constantly demonstrated.But actual people, humans, would care very much if a country is destroyed, and Japan is today one of the most civilized nations on earth, it’s past history during WWII long gone.I have traveled to Japan twice (note profile photo) and if it were attacked at the nuclear level, I’d feel the same as if my own country (The USA) were destroyed. This must never happen and Trump must be removed from office before he provokes a nuclear exchange in Asia or the Middle East. He wouldn’t care if it happens but all of you should care very, very much.
Why did the US drop the nuclear bomb twice?
The USA did not drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to showcase their nuclear arsenal. That is one of the biggest myths ever told. America entered World War II in December 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. The war continued upto 1945 and even after Germany's surrender, Japan continued to fight a lone battle.The war cost America the lives of over 300,000 soldiers and almost 670,000 were injured. America had to pump in $341 billion in 1945 dollars($4 trillion in 2015 dollars), which was almost 75% of their GDP.It was just before 1942 that America had successfully carried out the Manhatten project. They believed the war would be over soon and kept it on the shelf. But Japan not surrendering meant America was pumping in more resources at the cost of countless lives. They had to take out Japan, and the nuclear bombing was the only choice.USA bombed the town of Hiroshima on the 6th of August, 1945. There was mass destruction. Yet, the Japanese chose not to surrender. The US dropped another one, this time on Nagasaki on the 9th of August. Almost 200,000 people died on the spot and a million more died later due to radioactive poisoning. Japan could not recover from this, and they couldn't risk more lives, so they surrendered thereby putting an end to the horrific war.