t be emotionally or physically. Many people also
commiserate for the families and friends who have lost loved ones as a result of the
dropping of the atomic bombs. They believe that many people suffered during these sad
occurrences. This is true, however, many more people would have suffered if the United
States did not decide to take action against the cruel and inhumane people of Japan. The
best thing that could possibly have happened would have been to bring the war to a quick
The two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were detonated with
the intention of bringing World War II to an end. World War II was very costly to the
economy of the United States (Environmental Management 1). The United States had
already spent over 300 billion on war efforts up to the point of the dropping of the atomic
bombs and could not afford to use all of what was left of the economy on World War II
(Environmental Management 1). The economy of the United States was suffering
immensely. The amount of money would have continued to rise if World War II did not
come to a rapid ending (Environmental Management 1). World War II was also very
costly to American lives. In addition to the innocent citizens who would die from attack,
the soldiers of the United States were undergoing harsh treatment by the unmerciful
Japanese (Encarta 3). Another reason that World War II needed to be stopped was to
defend the United States from another attack on their soil (Encarta 1). Another attack
could possibly kill more of the innocent citizens of the United States. Obviously, the war
has ended, thanks to the dropping of the atomic bombs. A few days after the second
bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan decided to surrender. General MacArthur also
voiced his opinion. "Today the guns are silent. the skies no longer rain death - the seas
bear only commerce - men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. Th...