Dropping the Atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki was wrong.

Note that my opponent must prove that the dropping of both bombs was wrong. I would like to provide some general information about America's dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Strategists in Washington were planning an all-out invasion of the main islands of Japan - an invasion that presumably would cost hundreds of thousands of American (and even more Japanese) casualties. Tokyo, recognizing imminent defeat, had secretly sent peace feelers to Moscow, which had not yet entered the Far Eastern war. The Americans, having broken the secret Japanese radio codes, knew of these feelers. But Japan still showed no outward willingness to surrender to the Allies. The Potsdam conference, held near Berlin in July 1945, sounded the death knell of the Japanese. There President Truman met in a seventeen-day parley with Joseph Stalin and the British leaders. The conferees issued a stern ultimatum to Japan: surrender of be destroyed. American bombers showered the warning on Japan in tens of thousands of leaflets, but no encouraging response was forthcoming. With the development of the atomic bomb, a way to save potentially hundreds of thousands of both American and Japanese lives was born. With Japan still refusing to surrender, the Potsdam threat was fulfilled. On August 6, 1945, an American bomber dropped one atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Fanatically resisting Japanese still did not surrender. On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. On August 10, Japan sued for peace. "The bombs that were dropped led huge crater of destruction and took the lives of many people that had no involvement in the war. " Instead of losing a projected hundreds of thousands of American lives and even more in Japanese lives, the United States utilized the atomic bombs to shorten the war. This saved hundreds of thousands of lives for both America and Japan. Although Japan experienced destruction, the help of MacArthur spawned a trail of economic prosperity in Japan for ensuing decades. "The extremes that were taking were just to avenge the events of pearl harbor. " False. The United States joined the war because of Pearl Harbor and its immediate unification of the American populous. The atomic bombs were dropped to save hundreds of thousands of American and Japanese lives in avoidance of future fighting and war. That is precisely what the atomic bombs did; plus ending the war. "there was no excuse for using this massive weapon and taking the lives of many innocent children and woman. " I have already explained my counter for this in above statements. "the bombs not only cost the lives of many innocent children and women but it also was unnecessary. The United States dropped tons of warnings t over Hiroshima before the bombing stating the intentions to use the bombs and the japanese were contemplating their choices when the Americans bombed. the flyers that were dropped had no set date but after the horrific bombing of one providence the American government issued another plane to drop a second bomb 3 days later on Japan soil. 3 days is not enough time for a country to discuss wether or not they were going to surrender. " False. As I explained in the background, Americans heavily warned Japan about the immediate future. The Japanese ultimately decided not to surrender and chose to keep fighting; they were not contemplating. The Japanese did not discuss surrender until after the second atomic bomb. They were determined to resist and avoid surrender until after the two bombs hit. Therefore, my opponent is incorrect in his dates and reasoning. I have countered all of my opponent's statements. The resolution remains negated. Thank you. Source: The American Pageant, 12th Edition, Chapter 36