The USA Shouldn't have Bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki

First off I would like to say though the bombs were not ethical on the US part, they were definitely justified in dropping. Also, remember that the Japanese were not ethical in their acts during the war. I am pro bombing Hiroshima however I am kind of against the dropping of the second bomb on Nagasaki. Pearl Harbor- The Japanese used terrorist tactics to unknowingly kill innocent American men and women. No official wage of war was made and they hoped to cripple America into a war that could decide the fight of the world. What kind of enemy does such a thing? They were cowards and it was horrible to surprise attack a military installation. This act is against all conventional war tactics and the simple fact that attacks us at home is enough to bomb them. Island Hopping Brutality- We lost millions in the Pacific. Some never even accounted for. The Marines lost 30,000 men at Iwo Jima. Imagine that. The brutality of this island campaign along with battles such as Midway, Guadalcanal, and many more cause America to want revenge. We lost so many good men and resources because the Japanese would never stop. Every Japanese citizen on the Island of Okinawa committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. They would rather die then surrender to America. How could we get them to surrender? Fire Bombing- We fire bombed the Japanese coast line extensively during the war. Many people are unaware of the carnage we made upon Japanese citizens. However we killed easily 100,000 Japanese on their cost and their government refused to surrender as the charred bodies lay on the ground. How else can we get them to surrender? Mainland Japan- They estimated it would cost 1 million American lives to invade mainland Japan. And another 500,000 to hold the island. 1.5 million more dead. That means sending the exhausted vets from Europe over to die in the sand. Imagine US soldiers having to kill women and children armed with whatever they had. The Japanese gave so many signs of not surrendering. They willing to risk their entire nation as long as they took as many Americans with them. Bataan Death March- The Japanese were the most treacherous type of combatants and Prison wardens one could imagine. Later tried as a Japanese war crime the death march lasted 60 miles. They weeded out the Filipino and American captives by shooting them in the head of they stopped. They starved them and stripped them naked. They refused them medical and socialization. They lost 60 percent of the prisoners in the first month, leaving their bodies on the ground as a brutal reminder. The Japanese raped and pilledged the Filipino towns and many accounts of beheading, cut throats, and lighting them on fire were recorded. What kind of enemy does this? Kamikazes- Pilots of Japanese planes started purposely flying them into ships and encampments. The Japanese funding was running low and so were trained pilots. They couldn't train them quick enough and they didn't have enough bombs to destroy the enemy the custom way. So they flew themselves into death which was the greatest honor and service to the proud Japanese culture. Surely this type of mindset would not surrender. Ample Warnings- Prior to the US dropping the first bomb, we and the USSR gave ample warnings through telegrams and parachuting messages of Tokyo. The Japanese never responded to the call for surrender. We dropped the first bomb and they didn't surrender. 5 days or so later still not surrendered, we dropped another crippling them and then they finally surrendered. Their people were decimated and yet the government still wanted to fight? The only reason they surrendered is because they ran out of people to fight with otherwise the Japanese war machine would have kept moving. Japanese Internment in America- A nice liberal point of view that many do not want to support is that by dropping the bombs that essentially ended the war, the internment camps began to close. If you don't know this many Japanese were put into camps to keep them safe from others along with to keep a spy on them. These peoples were stripped of everything and the camps were horrible. By ending the war earlier than an invasion would have been, these people were set free and Congress vowed never to intern individuals based on race and culture. So if not for the bomb we would probably still racially segregated Japanese based on the soreness American people felt after the harsh, long war was won. It is difficult for me to go against Truman's decision to drop the bombs. By doing this he said American lives are more important than Japanese. It is harsh but that is how it should be. They were our enemy and their brutality to our people is well known. For many like myself the bomb saved our grandpa's from going to the Pacific after Europe. For many they may not be here today if we did decide to invade the mainland. Before you criticize your government for something that you don't agree with, think of the repercussions and affects it would have on you and your family if we had not.