Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ari
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by beyelzu
I see that there was a list of targets I dont see where they selected targets that were of a civilian nature however. but even if they did, us lives were saved and probably japanese lives as well.
and most certainly chinese and pacific islander lives were saved because the japanese surrendered much more quickly then they would have otherwise.
|
Although not directly stated as civilian targets, one of the main factors for choosing a target was how much of the city could be destroyed, which could be considered civilian targets (in a similar way they don't refer to it as a bomb but a gadget).
It is possible it saved lives, but the big question is, did it save more civilian lives than it killed? Does saving soldiers warrant the killing of civilian Men, Women and Children?
Although it did hasten the surrender of the Japanese, from the historical discussions I have heard, they were broken at that point anyway and the fighting wouldn't have continued for too much longer. |
I find the idea that the japanese were about to surrender to be ludicrous, they didnt even surrender right away after the first bomb.
also, iirc each week something like 100k chinese and pacific islanders were killed because of the japanese occupation. so if the bomb ended the war only by a couple of months quicker then it saved a fuckload of chinese and pacific islanders.
Re: 60th anniversary of a-bomb attack
Threaded Mode
