Was the US bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified?
At that time in a World weary of war, yes, it was justified. It shortened the war and saved American lives. Too bad for the Japanese. But war is like that. We can sit here 60 plus years later and pass judgement. But applying our 21st century ethics to a time when the World was basically on fire everywhere is revisionist as all Hell. And patently unfair. Where’s the outrage over the Dresden firebombing? War is ugly. War is not kind. War should never be entered casually like we seem to do it now. But if we go to war, we should go to win. And realize that innocents will die. They always do. Thankfully the bomb was only used twice. A harsh lesson I hope we all remember and never feel the need to use it again. Answer originally posted in response to Was the US bombing of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki…
