USA: Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima?

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Oh God....yes, that was the jist of the question, thick-wit.....at the start of the US involvement, if they had developed the bomb, where and how should they have used it? What part of that did you not get before you interjected your pointless observation about the war not really starting then? What is it you are not comprehending? Are you challenged in some way?

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Hitler didn't have any atom bombs

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Gee, I dunno........because it would do the most damage to their military/political/financial structure? If you had one bomb to drop on the US, you would be better off with either New York or Washington DC. Or would you choose Bugtussle, Arkansas?

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
If you had one bomb to drop on the US, you would be better off with either New York or Washington DC. Or would you choose Bugtussle, Arkansas?

Bad analogy. The potential of more bombs was key in getting Japan to surrender. Why would you kill more civilians when you could get them to surrender by bombing less?

Originally posted by Palynka
Bad analogy. The potential of more bombs was key in getting Japan to surrender. Why would you kill more civilians when you could get them to surrender by bombing less?

They needed to be shocked into sanity. These were people who believed enslaving women to be gang raped by abusive soldiers is the way to wage war. They needed brutality. That's what they understood at the time.

Originally posted by Palynka
Bad analogy. The potential of more bombs was key in getting Japan to surrender. Why would you kill more civilians when you could get them to surrender by bombing less?

The question involved ONE BOMB and how best to use it. Thought you knew that.