Bomb Drop
Dropping the atom bomb Japan was amoral, nonsensical, and unnecessary. The decision to drop the atomic bomb was one which was rushed, and therefore, not fully analyzed to understand the repercussions that it would have. Even though it did successfully end World War II, it was not needed because the Japanese were without resources on their island due to the effective Ally sea blockade, and it was only a matter of time before they would surrender. The loss of some more soldiers' lives is a small expense compared to the damage that could be done by all the countries who now know of such a destructive weapon and are racing to create their own. Due to the speed at which the Manhattan project was rushed, the scientists were never able to fully test the long-term effects of such a powerful weapon. The scientists, who were obviously the most informed of the severity of this weapon, did not feel that the bomb should be dropped, and thought that it was effective enough as a deterrent. However, after spending two billion dollars on the Manhattan project, there was a sense
It is morally incorrect to waste the lives of innocent Japanese civilians (including school children) in order to have more control over Russia. Shortly before Hames Byrnes became the Secretary of State, his view was that Russia would be more manageable if they knew that the United States possessed the atom bomb and if the United States demonstrated the bomb's power by dropping it on Japan. This is why "since the war a number of writers have asserted that America's true motives for using the atomic bomb were more anti-Soviet than anti-Japanese." Not only did the United States want to prove to the Russians that they had a powerful weapon, the United States was also afraid that if Russia became too involved in the war, they would be entitled to some land in Japan. This would be a problem for the United States later because a communist Russia controlling large amounts of land in Eastern Europe, and also part of Japan, could lead to the same problem that started World War II; a communist quest for world domination. General Eisenhower stated, "I expressed the hope that we would never
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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