Was Using the A-Bomb Justified?

SuppressedNews.com | August 7, 2005 | Gary Palmer

[Aliska]

I regret the terrible loss of life and horror caused by those two bombs, but I don't see how it could have been otherwise, given the knowledge, losses we had already incurred, and the circumstances at the time.

It was either do something drastic, or they would have killed far more of our troops and the war was expected to last at least three years longer.

Our enemies would do that and worse to us in a heartbeat if they got military advantage.

Thet doesn't change the fact that I am so sorry for the terrible loss in such a horrible way of the innocent lives that were lost and the terrible trials of those who survived.

We were humane with the survivors and tried to help them as best we could within our means. What country would have done the same for us had the circumstances been reversed?

[Skooz]

Q: Was Using the A-Bomb Justified?
A: Yes.

[johnny7]

An invasion of Japan would have been Peleliu, Iwo & Okinawa rolled into one.

Too bad we couldn't have developed it earlier.

[rockabyebaby]

Was using the A-Bomb justified?

Absolutely, positively, without a doubt, YES, YES, YES, period.

[sinbad17]

As a 19 year old sailor out in the far pacific I KNOW it was justified BECAUSE in all likelihood, had it not happened, most probably I and many thousand other young American kids would have been killed. Today I am a retired sailor and teacher, father, grandfather, great grandfather. I have done my best to me an honest and good American and family man. All of this I doubt would have come about had the Bomb not been dropped!

[rockabyebaby]

Yes and maybe we need to fire one up now.

I'm thinking a MOAB would be nice right about now, drop it right into Mecca, hit every freakin' mosque, case closed, war over, nighty nite to terrorists.

[jec41]

Yep, they wanted to kill us, we killed them first.

[G.Mason]

While we're at it let us honor and celebrate the crew of the Bockscar who, 60 years ago tomorrow [August 9, 1945] dropped the second Atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

BOCKSCAR

We salute you!

[Servant of the 9]

Without the bomb, our invasion of the home islands would probably have resulted in the extermination of the Japanese people as their leaders forced them all to fight to the death or commit mass suicide.

Therefore, use of the atom bomb prevented the necessity of genocide and cannot possibly have been racist.

So9

[rockabyebaby]

Thank you for your service to our country.

[Brett66]

The decision was made based on the circumstances and intelligence available at the time.

History repeats.........

[HiTech RedNeck]

The libbies think Iraq is a way too much drawn out nasty, and that with our most modern tools 'n toys. What would Japan have been?

[Reaganghost]

"It's about making sure that the US never again has the certainty and fortitude to defeat an enemy.

Precisely!

[BookaT]

Without reading a word of the article...YES!

[R.W.Ratikal]

Was using the A-bomb on Japan justified. Yes.

[G Larry]

In fact, after the 1st bomb, the Japanese leadership told the people 'not to lose heart, this is just the nature of war'. Thus, the 2nd bomb.

[Dallas59]

"Was Using the A-Bomb Justified?"

YES.

Case Closed. Game over.

NEXT!

[FatherofFive]

The 'A' bomb has killed over 20 million innocent American children.

Where are the protests by the liberals?

[gdzla]

Was ending the war justified?

[Kelly_2000]

It was a horrible decision to have to make kill on one handf a smaller figure than would die if you do nothing. I am glad that the US executive branch had the balls to make that call. It is the most difficult and hardest of decisions for any commander to have to make. They made it with dignity and resolve. It's the reason they where leaders as most pordinary people could not even cope with such a scenario.

God rest the souls of the civilians that lost their lives because of the megalomaniac desires of their corrupt and cruel military elite.

Yes the bomb was necessary, do we laugh about that fact? of course not.

The Liberals are of course making that claim when anyone steps out in support of the Manhattan Project and it's outcome. How vile and typical of them to use such an event for political gain.