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Originally Posted by Mumitroll
I do know, because I have a much better idea of world history. Japan was on the verge of surrender before the bombings already. that is confirmed by MANY independent reports from different authoritative people. the bombs were directed primarily against Stalin and not against Japan.
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Not necessarily. It is true that the US had dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has a threat to flex its military muscle to the Soviet Union, as well as their will to use their nukes. However, it is also true that the attack was directed at Japan for at least 2 reasons: 1) as a method of vengeance over Pearl Harbor (an issue that many Americans seem to be concerned about even now), and 2) due to racist ideals during the early era of the 20th century, the US had totally used the victims of Nagasaki and Hiroshima as atomic bomb test results. An actual war crime! It is evident when they dropped a second atomic bomb after making modifications of their first one that it is merely a test of atomic bomb using living human beings as test subjects. Talking about cruelty!