Summary Of We Didn T Have To Drop The Bomb

A former Ohio representative, Dennis Kucinich in the web article, We Didn’t Have to Drop The Bomb published on the 70th anniversary of the Japan bombings addresses the topic of the use of the atomic bomb and passionately argues that the use of nuclear weapons were not necessary in order to capitulate Japan by listing many quotes from high ranking government officials and giving his own personal opinion. Kucinich supports his claim by using factual quotes from credible sources such as Admiral William Leahy, who believed in that Japan would have surrendered without the use of atom head of staff; therefore, proving to the audience that others also believe in his cause. The author’s overall purpose of writing this article is to persuade the American

Kucinich a trustworthy representative of the grand state of Ohio compiled a list of powerful people from the war time that disagreed with the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. Henry Arnold, commanding general of the U.S. Air Forces stated that “The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air” (Kucinich 2). As stated by Henry Arnold, the Japanese had lost their air superiority in their own country, which aside from the naval control costs you everything as enemy air raids can occur easily. Kucinich also gives his own statistic from his own in-depth research, relaying the bombs “kill[ed] an estimated 200,000 and injur[ed] another 100,000.” (Kucinich 1). Kucinich has spent years researching the bombings of Japan and has concluded nearly 300,000 civilian casualties occurred from the bombings America did on Japan. Atomic bombs or not only dangerous to humans directly, however. It strongly impacts the land and world around

For example, others feel that the nukes dropped on Japan were necessary to finishing the war before millions of japanese were killed. One common piece of evidence opposer's use is the Joint Chief Staff in April 1945 “estimat[ing] of 1,200,000 casualties, with 267,000 fatalities” (historyonthenet). However, the atomic bomb killed nearly 300,000 civilians, according to multiple sources, the bombings killed more civilians than both countries armies combined. President Truman’s famous statistic of 300,000 to 500,000 american men would have been killed in the invasion of Japan. However, according to the New York Times this statistic was completely “false and grossly oversimplified” (NYT). Again, proving that all the bombings did was kill over 300,000 civilians a few days before the Soviets joined which would have led to Japan’s surrender anyways due to the sheer power of the