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Tue Jun-27-06 02:45 PM
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12. IN that time and place, no it was not immoral...

I do not blame Truman for wanting to end the war in one decisive blow. Although careful feelers had been sent out by the Japanese Government indicating a possible willingness to negotiate, Japan showed no signs of surrender. The military, in effective control of the country unanimously opposed it. Eight weeks before surrender at the Battle of Okinawa Japan lost 120,000 soldiers, and the U.S. 18,000. More civilians were killed in that battle than in the Hiroshima attack. The firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo caused more casualties as well. The atomic bomb was a psychological weapon which worked.

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