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When looking at the Japanese, I agree with Fussell, on his ideas that the Japanese citizens were going to continue to fight for their side, even when the ranks of their army had been depleted. At this we see Fussell reference images of children and women with bamboo spears fighting ou
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Dropping the bomb also sent a message to the rest of the world. They had the belief in them that they were right and their own hate fueled them enough to be admirable fighters. A final reason we dropped the bomb was to win the urban-proverbial pissing contest. Later wars may have turned out very differently. The bomb was dropped to save lives, American lives and Japanese. Time was of the essence, "Allied casualties were running over 7,000 a week," (Fussell 18), and Japanese casualty rates were even higher. It sent a message to the world that we now had a military might of a new unseen kind. The bomb also saved Japanese lives in the long run, because many more would have died in an invasion battle. At this point to those quick to criticize, I must say the bomb kept my grandfather's platoon from having to invade, which is why I agree with Truman's decision. Once the bomb had been made it was going to be dropped, it was going to be used, the message had to be sent. Some people argue it saved only American lives, not Japanese lives. This would lead to years of tension between world super powers.
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