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What's the worst that could happen?
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Well look what they were doing to POW's or how they surprise attacked us first.
That's not a justification.
so war crimes allow further crimes? we had no actual need to nuke them. let alone civilians. let alone twice. they were already going toward a surrender. but hey he knew the cold was was next, so to speak, so we might as well vaporize a few civilians to show russia we’re capable?
The targets were chosen for their military value.
Internal US discussions at the time show that the US did not believe Japan was heading towards a surrender, and projected immense casualties from either of the other two options (invasion, blockade) to end the war. For that matter, Japan was not 'going toward a surrender' except insofar as their 'surrender' offers included "We keep our brutal colonial empire, otherwise we will fight to the end." Japan was training fucking schoolchildren to become suicide bombers in preparation for a US invasion at that time. That's not 'going toward a surrender'.
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