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That's because there has only been one Empire depraved enough to use nukes against other human beings in war time.

That Empire was so depraved it dropped those nukes on hospitals and civilians not once, but twice.

But yeah, sure, we need to be worried about OTHER nations, who have never used nukes, right...

I found Dan Carlin's "Logical Insanity" episode of Hardcore History to be a really interesting look into the logic of dropping the two nukes. Probably long behind the paywall at this point, but it basically makes the case that, as an event in WWII specifically, the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki made some amount of sense. I don't mean that it made moral sense by modern standards - but just in the context of WWII where civilian targeted bombings (like Dresden) had become a standard fixture of the war, bombing civilian centers wouldn't have seemed as far-fetched as it does today.

Again, not claiming it was right, or good in the long run - just that Carlin points out the context around the decision makes it seem less insane than it would by today's standards (hence "Logical Insanity").

Educate yourself about the decision to drop the two nuclear bombs on Japanese. By that time US had more than 100,000 dead soldiers and another 200,000 wounded. Estimates for further casualties required to conquer the 4 main Japanese islands were for another 250,000 dead and close to a million wounded. The Japanese were gearing up for a fight on the islands. They were rationing their fuel (to the detriment of moving food stuffs within their country) and had thousands of Kamikaze planes and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Kyushu island (were coincidentally the Americans were poised to start their main invasion).

Dropping the bombs saved countless of American lives - young men who did not even start their lives yet. It was the right decision for the Americans. Not to mention the numerous appeals to Japanese government to surrender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War#Casualties

Hmm, using that logic I wonder how many countless young Russian lives Putin could save by using a nuclear weapon.

People like you will always make excuses for the U.S. crimes against humanity. Sure, your right, it was good think we dropped a nuclear bomb on civilians and hospitals, it was the right thing to do! It had to be done!

Your logic missed the part where Japan attacked the US and forced it into this war that costed many American lives. Your logic also missed the part where nobody attacked Russia.

I'm not trying to use logic to rationalize the use of atomic bomb on children and hospitals lmao, that would be you. What are you even talking about?

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