(September 14, 2012 at 1:54 am)JohnDG Wrote: I might not be the most knowlegable about the pacific war, but from my understanding we had already destroyed japans power to make war in the pacific ocean by the time we decided to nuke them. And like other members have said Russia was already in the mix and forcing japans hand. I don't think we needed to nuke or invade japan, just kick their ass till they don't want to fight us which we did.
This may offend people but Pearl Harbor was not justification for Hiroshima. The death count is just not balanced nor the after effects. And if you want to weigh civ casualties it's even more one sided.
I think America has always viewed things from a global perspective. The nuclear bombs were not a mere retaliation of Pearl Harbour. They were intended to stop Japan in the face of its crimes against humanity committed all over Asia. That was one humanitarian factor that America must have considered. And it wasn't wrong. There's a bigger picture than merely the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
