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By the time the bomb was actually used, Japan was in no way a "Great Power" or any kind of a match for the US. > In April 1945 a new government headed by Kanta
by darkerside 11y ago
By the time the bomb was actually used, Japan was in no way a "Great Power" or any kind of a match for the US.
> In April 1945 a new government headed by Kantaro Suzuki took office with the mission of ending the war.
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/v16n3p-4_Weber.html http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/v16n3p-4_Weber.html
You're painting a very black and white portrait. The US military was killing millions of civilians even before the nuclear bombs, not the other way around. I'm not going to second guess the decision calculus at the time, but you are trumpeting caricature as fact.