Argumentative Essay: Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb “On August 16, 1945, Enola Gray, a U.S. bomber, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and three days later, a second atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki” (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Many people argue whether or not these bombings were ethical and legal. The U.S. killed innocent people in order to “break the morale” of the Japanese population. The U.S. also broke many of the statements in the “Just War” doctrine. Theses bombings caused many people to face harmful amounts of radiation and die. I believe that President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs was unethical and he did not justify using nuclear weapons in order to get Japan to surrender. The U.S. bombed Japan in order to weaken the country and to get it to surrender. In order to accomplish this, many faultless people were killed and thousands succumbed to radiation diseases. The city of little military significance Dresden, Japan was attacked on February 1945. These attacks were deliberately calculated to produce indiscriminate devastation to break the morale of Japan. The U.S. used these raids to kill decent people in order to get Japan to surrender. The people in Japan were portrayed as apes, vermins, and
President Truman and the U.S. was not justified in using nuclear weapons to force Japan to capitulate. President Truman’s goal was to get Japan to surrender without thinking about the repercussions that Japan would face after the bombings. Many people died that day, and thousands were exposed to the harmful radiation from the bombs. People either died from the radiation or they are facing the aftermath of the heavy exposure of radiation. Numerous principles from the “Just War” doctrine were broken in order to get Japan to forfeit. People were considered objects that could be thrown aside. Though the U.S.’s motives were acceptable, its ways of executing it were unethical and