That there was cause to use nuclear weapons is a myth. That there could again be cause to use nuclear weapons is a myth. That we can survive significant further use of nuclear weapons is a myth. That there is cause to produce nuclear weapons even though you’ll never use them is too stupid even to be a myth. And that we can forever survive possessing and proliferating nuclear weapons without someone intentionally or accidentally using them is pure insanity.
A poll of the U.S. scientists who had developed the bombs, taken prior to their use, found that 83% wanted a nuclear bomb publicly demonstrated prior to dropping one on Japan. The U.S. military kept that poll secret. General Douglas MacArthur held a press conference on August 6, 1945, prior to the bombing of Hiroshima, to announce that Japan was already beaten.
The article just gets darker from there. Amerika has always been oportunistic and craven.
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This reminds me of a struggle session back on the old sub about whether using nuclear weapons was justified. Really telling to see the amount of interalized imperialism so many people had. :brainworms:
In what universe do you live in where the Red Army, which failed to take Western Europe, would be able to stage a trans-oceanic amphibious invasion of the United States and was only deterred by American nuclear weapons?
see also: The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan, Stalin Did
staid establishment source Foreign Policy nicely digestible for many libs
Interesting article. Thanks for linking it!
