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Well, given that Japan was beyond shattered at that point by fire-bombing, I think its a stretch to imagine that 10's of 1000's of US soldiers would lose their lives 'Normandy-ing' Japan. Japan wasn't on the ropes at that point, they'd been knocked out of the ring.
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And there were reports that Japan was willing to fight to its last person. Like I said, we really don't know which course of action would have saved more lives. On a moral sense, yes I agree that dropping the A-Bomb was wrong simply because of the radioactive fallout, but the guys would built the A-Bomb didn't know it would happen like that.
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Many people theorize that it was just to show the USSR that they had it, and that they'd use it, and not to 'defeat the Japanese Empire'; it was already 98% there.
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I agree 100% about "show the USSR." I really can't say if the Japanese Empire was already 98% defeated at that point though.
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Right. The US is heavily involved in the situation. Thats why when we talk about events of world-wide import, the US 'always' gets brought up. They are an integral part of the fabric of international relations.
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And rightfully so, given that they are the worlds true superpower.