man is just. If that arm has gangrene and will kill the man slowly if not amputated, then it is indeed just. It does not matter that the arm is "innocent." Posted By: Anonymous Was only justified at the time, nowadays this would be wrong Yes, many people were killed during the explosions and shock waves, but at the time with the information America had, it seemed the best decision. The us believes that Japan was never going to surrender and drastic action was needed to end the war on Japan. Also, they needed to prevent the loss of more American soldiers, but I'm not saying that the loss of Japanese civilians wasn't as bad. The effects of the Japanese people were devastating.at the time, America was the only country to have nuclear weapons, if anything like this happened today, there would be a nuclear war. So I do think that the bombing was a terrible thing and maybe not the right choice, but we can't blame America, at the time it probably seemed like the best choice America had, especially with the information they had. Nope There was proof that it was an unnecessary cause and therefore it should not have been done. It killed many innocent people and there had not been enough long term research before dropping it. I must say though that though I am very against it, if America had not developed it first, other countries would have and the same or opposite outcome would