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Oh, wow, some hardliners weren't happy and tried a coup. That failed. Obviously representative for the overall leaderahip and the nation at large. And a perfect

• ben_w 3y ago
  No. That's not the reason to drop the bombs, you need much more than that to reach such a conclusion. 18,000 rebels on one side tried pick a fight with 25,000 government soldiers to prevent a surrender even after the second city had been levelled, is a reason for thinking that Japan was still only borderline ready to surrender at that point, and therefore that it was unlikely to have been ready before this point.
  • hef19898 3y ago
    That is a conclusion so, that is not supported by spurce material or facts. It is used to justify the use of nukes to force Japan to surrender by giving credibility to the claim that the jukes saved US lives. That is my problem, because it still defends, utterly pointless, strategic bombing.
    • ben_w 3y ago
      > That is a conclusion so, that is not supported by spurce material or facts. I don't know which bit you're making that specific complaint about, but at this point I don't care.
      • hef19898 3y ago
        Fair enough