Argumentative Essay: The Launch Of The Atomic Bomb

My eyes roamed across the room, scanning the faces of nearly one hundred of the world’s leading scientists as we all waited in anticipation. We listened to the tiny wooden box that was shaping the world. The Enola Gay prepared to drop the bomb that president Truman hoped would end the war. We listened as the plane approached the target site. A city of over 100,000 people. They would hear the bombers approaching and prepare for an attack -- hiding under desks or crouching in basements as they had been taught -- but there was no hiding from this one. As our lead scientist said when we tested the bomb, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” The countdown began. Everyone in the room tensed visibly; every muscle in every inch of our bodies humming with nervous energy.
Five...four….three….two….and I thought, what have I done…
Many of the most brilliant people in the world, including Albert Einstein, had pooled their knowledge and genius into creating one thing: a bomb. To be fair, it didn’t start out as a plan to kill over 200,000 people, which was the death count of both of the bombs dropped on Japan. Originally, the Manhattan Project was devoted to seeing if it was possible to even create the reaction needed for such a bomb to exist. The U.S. government had heard from the esteemed Albert Einstein that the Germans had discovered the reaction that powered the deadly atomic bomb. Out of fear, and the desire to have the biggest and strongest bomb, F.D.R. authorized the creation of the Manhattan Project. It was responsible for discovering the reaction, producing enough fuel for the reaction, and finally engineering the bomb and creating the technology that goes