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Indeed it is amazing how US citizens feel compelled to religiously believe this oft-repeated pretext. I guess it helps them sleep better at night. The more like
by Santosh83 5y ago
Indeed it is amazing how US citizens feel compelled to religiously believe this oft-repeated pretext. I guess it helps them sleep better at night. The more likely reasons were to "field test" the bombs and to act as a warning shot for the Russians. Japan's belligerent actions and fatigue of war provided the perfect opportunity. It is far more complicated and risky to repeat something like that now.
- sitkack 5y agoThis is such a poetic read The man who saved Kyoto from the atomic bomb https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33755182 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33755182 > "The scientists on the Target Committee also preferred Kyoto because it was home to many universities and they thought the people there would be able to understand that an atomic bomb was not just another weapon - that it was almost a turning point in human history," he adds.