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Topic: Was Hiroshima Justified?

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Opinion #1
Debater: Viper86
Bombs..Do Not Kill...
People Kill People Who Kill People Because They Think Killing People Is Wrong...Sound Familiar...
Opinion #2
Debater: The Wild Goose
The bombing was politically motivated.
I'm not sure I understand the argument before me, but I will give it a shot. The US military received numerous surrender offers from the Japanese government well before Hiroshima. The offers stated only one condition- that the Emperor be retained as head of Japan. Truman's advisors told him that his constituents wouldn't stand for anything less than unconditional surrender. We got it, and then we kept the Emperor anyway. The rejection of the initial surrenders, then, was purely political. In addition, Truman wanted to impress the Soviets, not realizing, perhaps, that they already knew plenty about the bomb. Politics again. Finally, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings did not instill nearly as much fear as we like to think. Japan had already been bombed pretty badly, and the A-Bombs induced more confusion than terror. The Soviet declaration of war DID scare the Japanese, so the Bombs didn't even do much. It might be justifiable, but not under these circumstances.
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