Posted on 03/15/2022 11:22:50 AM PDT by libh8er
Although the thought of Japan becoming more militaristic doesn’t give me a very warm fuzzy feeling.
Truman dropped the bomb to avoid Operation Olympic and the projected 1 million US casualties by convincing the Japanese we would simply kill them like rats. And even then an attempted coup took place to try to stop broadcast of the Emperor's surrender announcement.
The Japanese would have fought for every inch of Japan with bamboo spears and explosives strapped to their backs if necessary.
Like my Polish wife’s comment about the Luftwaffe patrolling Polish skies again, “At least they’re not dropping bombs this time.”
“Although the thought of Japan becoming more militaristic doesn’t give me a very warm fuzzy feeling.”
I’d rather them step up and shoulder more responsibility than have us bear the brunt of whatever china does.
I happened to be touring a Japanese electronics plant back in the eighties at the same time as a group of Japanese soldiers (can’t imagine why they were there). Every one of them was taller than I am - 5’10. Totally unlike the stereotype.
No, no, no. Your idiotic nonsense shows you don't research actual history, and not what the brainwashing trolls would have you believe. The Japanese already figured that they could take more war damage from the USA, and were ready to fight to the last person. Cities across Japan had been heavily destroyed by conventional means, fire-bombing whole cities was more effective than the nukes which were in short supply. What changed the minds of Japanese leaders was the Russians threatening invasion, the Russians had moved much military armaments at the 38th Parallel and were poised to strike, waiting for an agreement with Truman to expire before invading. Truman dropped the bomb the day before Russia was to invade. Only then did the Japanese decide to agree to the Potsdam Declaration, and accepted it because of the Russian invasion and the 2nd bomb. The atomic bombs stalled the Russian invasion. You need to read the history from all perspectives, including Japanese and Russian accounts. The Japanese would rather live under democratic USA rule than become communist servants under the Russians. My father was a military officer in charge of thousands of Japanese in Tokyo as part of the occupation forces immediately after the surrender, and knew the Japanese mentality at the time - they fully accepted USA rule rather than Soviet rule.
A hundred fuses are lit. Which one will lead to a real bomb?
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