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kentuck

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4. I think Truman was advised that Japan was near surrender...

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:20 PM

Jun 22

...but it brought the surrender more quickly, I would agree.

But the violence had done nothing good, from 1941 forward. The damage had already been done. Getting Japan to surrender is hardly justification for everything that happened in the 1930's-40's. How many had to die to get the "peace"?

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Violence does not beget peace. [View all] kentuck Jun 22 OP

What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki? gab13by13 Jun 22 #1

Many have said the attacks on those two cities was not necessary... kentuck Jun 22 #2

But the preponderance of the evidence cuts the other way. n/t Igel Jun 22 #3

I think Truman was advised that Japan was near surrender... kentuck Jun 22 #4