Student's Justifications on Atomic Bombs
In our opinion the use of "Atom Bombs" was justified. First off we believe this because Japan surprised the U.S. with the attack on Pearl Harbor. They knew in doing this they would "awake the sleeping giant". The bombing was the United States' way of getting revenge on Japan. The bombing also was justified in the fact that the U.S. knew by dropping these bombs the war would come to an early end. The bombs also saved the United States money because they no longer had to manufacture war goods. Along with saving money with producing materials, it also saved many Allied lives. Another reason the use of the Atomic Bomb was justified was because the U.S. told Japan if they didn't surrender from war something terrible was going to happen. So, in a way the U.S. warned Japan to try to save them from a national tragedy. In the end we don't know if the war would have ended in the United States' and Allies favor if the bombs would not have been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.