Dropping the Atomic Bomb

lhardt 76). If the American people would have known that two billion dollars of their tax money was used to build such a weapon, not used to destroy the enemy, and even more American lives were lost, then the American people would have started to second-guess their government's leadership abilities. The question in many Americans' minds would have been why was such a destructive weapon built in the first place? Scientists and other officials would not build such a device just for sheer amusement. And these scientists did have a reason for building such a massive bomb. If the United States did not build the atomic bomb, then the Germans would have beaten them to the punch. Inventing the bomb first "was a matter of avoiding [their] own possible destruction" ("Hiroshima 1945" 3). The United States had to be the first to develop the bomb because they are the peace-loving country. They would use to bomb to end the war, not cause more terror, like the Germans. The development of the bomb and the funds used for its development were justified by President Truman's detonation of the bomb
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