Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Bombing of Japan
The apology that I believe American did NOT need to say is the apology to Japan for using atomic bombs at the end of WWII. I believe it was extremely necessary and not at all "extreme". We were in a World War and the US was brought in militarily by the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. This apology to Japan is not necessary and should not be expected. Many people argue that the bombs killed unnecessary Japanese civilians and that the extreme number of 180,000 ppl killed by the bomb is harsh and requires an apology. Compared to the 200,000-300,000 men and women killed by the Japanese during the Massacre of Nanjing and the potential 1,000,000 american lives that would have been lost without the bombing, Japan's measely 180,000 is nothing. HERE is a link showing how insignificant the Japanese causalities by the bomb actually were compared to the rest of the world. My essay will be about how the US does not need and should not apologize to Japan for the bombing. They deserved to be killed, the bombing ended the war earlier, and we saved hundreds of thousands of American men.
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