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In response to "Japan was just sitting there minding its own business and then the US just nuked it! -- nm" by Beaker 🍺

This is less about WW2 than it is about Japan being right next door to a country that is growing its nuclear arsenal (and which sees itself as way

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) May 17 '23, 10:28

behind the US and has no interest in joining arms control treaties)

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also the real reason Truman chose to drop the bomb in the first place, ironically -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:33 3
- right at the start of the linked article "theory". Not "Fact" -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:34 2
  - the firebombing of Toyko was arguably even worse, in the aggregate, so going nuclear was just another matter of degrees - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:35 1
    - true. and if no nuke they would of kept at it plus naval bombardment plus then Japan D-Day -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:36

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