Kawaii

  • Jhex@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    to oppose, sure… to drop 2 nuclear bombs on civilians?? hmmm dunno

    • NeilBrü@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Knowing the necessity for the defeat of the Imperial Japanese government, the burgeoning country-wide famine, combined with the inevitable bloodbath of a mainland invasion, the Allies justified the use of nuclear weapons, the details of which you can read about in the articles I posted above. Nazi Germany and the USSR were also developing their own nuclear weapon systems. A demonstration was deemed necessary.

      I personally would not have authorized dropping the bombs on cities. Easy for me to say. But I certainly would have been living the rest of my days in despair at the mindless slaughter and ritual mass-suicide that would’ve ensued during the invasion of mainland Japan.

      I don’t envy the choices the Allies had to make while combatting Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan.

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        22 hours ago

        as opposed to just embargo the island now that all the axis had fallen?

        no, America wanted the show of force

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          15 hours ago

          embargo is cowardly and it amount to practically doing nothing. There are people being murdered by the japanese military on my homeland. Both the CCP and KMT supported the US actions during WW2 regarding japan.