The United States of America should never have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki

--- ================ Warrior Psychology: A Brief History of the "Empire of Japan" and the lead up to the signing of the Tripartite pact ================ Samurai: The warrior class of Japan. For a thousand years, the warrior classed men wore two swords on their hips and dedicated their lives to the services of their masters; the greatest glory was death in your master's name. In 1854, after two centuries of 'closed' gates, the Japanese people were forced to open their gates to the British and American traders. [1] In 1871, Japan dispatched the Iwakura mission [2] to learn about Western culture and negotiate the unfair treaties that they have been forced into. In 1889, Imperial Japan was founded, with the signing of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan. The Samurai were outlawed. In 1905, Japan utterly defeated Russia in the Battle of Tsushima. [3] This lead to the invasion and annex of Korea in 1910, which became part of the Japanese Empire until the end of WW2. Japans actions during WW1 show their military prowess even with their lack of natural resources. In 1919, [direct quote from Wikipedia] "proposed a clause on racial equality to be included in the League of Nations covenant at the Paris Peace Conference. " This was a huge insult to the Japanese people, who in just 80 years had grown to be a major world power. By 1931 were practically locked on the path to a huge conflict. Sadao Araki [4] led the way with his military expansionism ideals. In the lead up to 1941 Japan conquered significant portions of Asia, including Manchuria, Jehol and Mongolia, eventually invading China and installing a puppet regime. They clashed with Russia and committed several atrocities in Asia, particularly the Nanking massacre, where hundreds of thousands of people were murdered and raped. What I am trying to establish here is nearly one hundred years of insult from the West toward what could be argued is the proudest race on Earth. THE warrior race. Not only that, but they had continually proved how strong and utterly ruthless the Imperial Japanese Army could be. Summary: The Allies had good reason to respect and fear the Japanese people. Japan had good reason to hate the Allies. ============== Japan would NEVER had given up otherwise. ============== My opponents has stated that a survey taken AFTER the bombings shows that the Japanese public were ready to surrender anyway. I believe this is both false and more importantly irrelevant. Here's why: Although Japan lost any chance of defeating America and controlling the Pacific after the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway [6] & [7]. They did not give up. By late November of 1944 Japan had lost almost all of its shipping routes and it could no longer supply the Army. They did not give up. America successfully took charge of airfields in neighbouring countries and proceeded to obliterate Japan with incendiary bombs, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Japan were faced with an ultimatum: Surrender or die. Still they did not give up. =========== The alternative: Invasion of the homeland. A much worse outcome for everyone. =========== I have shown with Historical evidence than Japan had at least 1000 years of warrior spirit and 100 years of insult from the West resulting in what can only be described as utter hatred. I have shown that the United States did not just drop nuclear bombs on Japan lightly and offered Japan alternatives. Now, let's discuss their options. 1) Drop nuclear bombs on Japan 2) Continue to bomb Japan with incendiary bombs, which was already killing hundreds of thousands of people 3) Invade Mainland Japan 4) Give up 5) Come to an agreement of Peace We can see that in fact the best military move was indeed to drop nuclear bombs on Japan. 2) Was already proving ineffective. 3) Would have cost more lives ten fold. 4&5) Were not really an option. I challenge my opponent to provide any other realistic alternative which would have resulted in less death than the one chosen. We have the power to look at the last 65 years since WWII and see that America made the right choice, both at the time and in retrospect. CONCLUSION: What is moral in war? Is it not taking the path that results in the least death? Is there any military faction involved in any war who does not commit some act of murderous destruction they 'shouldn't' have done. Thank you. RESOURCES [1] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [4] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [5] . http://pows-of-japan.net... [6] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [7] . http://en.wikipedia.org...