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Topic	A-bombs contributed nothing to ending WW2 and were known to be unnecessary
UnfairRepresent 02/13/18 6:35:42 PM #51:	s0nicfan posted... They were about to surrender to Russia, IIRC. The US bombed them to force a surrender against us because they thought it would produce more favorable terms and limit Russia's influence in the region. I can't even really imagine what a Russia dominated Japan would look like today if it actually went down that way. This. That's the part people get confused about The US did not bomb the shit out of Japan to "protect US soldiers from a brutal ground war" the US government does not and never has given a single fuck about soldiers. They did it because they feared Russia --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair. https://imgtc.com/i/14JHfrt.jpg <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:896028230] in A-bombs co... [t:76315381]...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>They were about to surrender to Russia, IIRC. The US bombed them to force a surrender against us because they thought it would produce more favorable terms and limit Russia's influence in the region. I can't even really imagine what a Russia dominated Japan would look like today if it actually went down that way.</quote> This. That's the part people get confused about The US did not bomb the shit out of Japan to "protect US soldiers from a brutal ground war" the US government does not and never has given a single fuck about soldiers. They did it because they feared Russia --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair. https://imgtc.com/i/14JHfrt.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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