McCain on Truman's decision

After a campaign event here in Wolfeboro, NH, I asked presidential hopeful John McCain about Truman's decision to drop the atom bombs on Japan.

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[Jonesdude666]

@8899rani U can rationalize mass murder of innocent ppl all you want.

Following the same logic: 9/11 was right, because Al Qaida tried to force the united states to surrender, without having to attack america and killing millions of ppl???????

9/11 was most certainly not right. But if you judge Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be just, then you have to apply the same principle elsewhere :-)

But I guess u won't do that. So better overthink ur position.

[8899rani]

@Jonesdude666

The Japanese wanted the Americans to think that invasions of the Home Islands would be too costly in lives, so the Americans would opt for something else.

What was Stalin's reply to Truman about the new Bomb? He said he hoped it would be put to good use against Japan.

[719n30track]

i think it was wrong. its not what COULD of been saved, its about what has already been done.

[randy95023]

If we had to invade Japan we would have killed MILLIONS of Japanese and lost many thousands of Allied Troops. Also, following a bloody invasion and conquest we would have shown no mercy to post-war Japan. We would not have rebuilt their industry and most assuredly would have hung Hirohito. The Atom Bomb was a Godsend to the Japanese people...

[TKKTism]

@Jonesdude666. And furthermore, it is just bloody stupid for any tacticians to show off its secret weapon to its opponent (it is simply a childish act) without some extreme circumstances and demand. Try to think how an educated adult would think and you will understand how silly your reason for US using the A-bombs sounds.

[TKKTism]

@Jonesdude666. Sick or not, the reality is that throwing two A-bombs onto Japan was a necessarily measure to ensure its Fascist and Imperial government would never be able to wage such a terrible war again. Facts are just stubborn things.

[TKKTism]

@Jonesdude666. Please don't tell me to check the facts when you barely read what I said. Japanese government asked for a ceasefire and did not offer unconditional surrender. They wanted to negotiate peace, like the Wehrmacht's anti-Hitler faction in Germany, where they can make demands on terms. Without unconditional surrender, you can't guarantee the demilitarization of Japan, prosecution of its war criminals, end of its occupation of foreign soil and preventing it from waging war again.

[Jonesdude666]

@TKKTism check ur facts dood ... Japan had already asked the U.S. for a ceasefire through the soviet embassy. SU did give that msg to Truman. He just ignored it cuz he wanted to show the Balls of the United States and nuke a few cities, to show the russians their place.

Calling nuking civilians "morally ok" ist just sooo sick. There's no difference to 9/11. In fact Hiroshima and Nagasaki were far more severe cuz of the sheer amount of ppl who died.

[TKKTism]

What's the point of the question? Did Japanese Imperial government and Emperor want to surrender before the bombs? No! Would Japan and US both suffer higher casaulities, especially civilians, with invasion of Japan than what the two nukes had done? Quite likely. Why? From precedence in Okinawa and Saipan, IJA would force its women and children to either take arm or commit suicide. So the decision was superior in both faculties (morality and practicality) than invasion. What else do you want?

[Jonesdude666]

american lives are too precious????

WTF? Are you kidding me? What a racist, infantile, stupid asshole!

If Al Quaida takes down the twin towers by the same logic (muslim lives are precious) they are terrorists, but targeting civilians only and then nuking them into oblivion and condemning hundreds of thousands of ppl to a slow and painful death is just???

srsly this guy is insane!