Why should we apologize for Hiroshima? Even with two A-bombs
dropped, many in the Japanese hierarchy still didn't want to surrender. Those
that did want to surrender, never wanted war in the first place, such as Prime
Minister Suzuki and Admiral Yonai. There is no way the militarists would have
surrendered without the intensive bombing. We had
100,000 causalities in Okinawa. How many would there be in a Japanese invasion
– 1,000,000 was estimated by the War Department, and I believe that is a fair
assessment
Of the POWs not already executed
or starved to death, more would have been killed. Many were on the brink of
death when they were rescued. How many POWs would have met the fate of Jimmy
Dye or Floyd Hall… POWs who were bayoneted, beheaded, and then EATEN by their
Japanese captors. War is a terrible thing and almost all of the Japanese who
suffered due to the atomic bombs were not part the decisions to go to war or to
violate the Geneva conventions. However,
the alternative was more American dead. How many America lives would have you been
willing to sacrifice? What if it was YOUR family?
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