In response to Karl T. Compton article “If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used‚” Compton attempts to persuade readers that the atomic bombings were needed im to stop the war from causing further destruction. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in order to stop the war. Karl T. Compton builds his argument in hopes to appeal to the audience’s emotional standpoint or pathos. Compton’s use of pathos was evident on the first page third paragraph in which he wrote “ I believe
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trigger for terrorist acts. Mr. Juergensmeyer‚ scholar and author of Terror in the Mind of God‚ discusses how religious groups use violence to punish those acts seen as “sexual immorality” with terrorism such as the bombings of Birmingham‚ Alabama abortion clinics‚ as well as the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. When religious texts such as the Bible and Qur’an preach concepts like love and empathy it is quite hypocritical for religious leaders to interpret those texts in a way to promote violence
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Wartime is something that we have seen to be somewhat inevitable in the world and a major part of our history. We have seen all throughout history how different nations‚ states‚ groups and even people go to war for feuds that they believe matter to them and to gain something from this whether that be land‚ power or anything else. But should innocent lives be lost when achieving this goal? I believe that the lives of those that are not involved with war should not be compromised and there is no justifiable
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On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9‚ 1945‚ the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Thousands died instantaneously while many more died from radiation exposure from the bombs. The use of the atomic weapons was unnecessary due to the fact the Japan’s military was greatly weakened and ready to surrender‚ thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed simply for political power‚ and there could have been alternatives
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and only done to eliminate Japanese threat toward the United States‚ specialists in the subject expose possible other reasons for such attacks‚ which will be further analyzed. In a speech addressed to the nation of the United States after the first bombing‚ the former American President Harry Truman declared “Japan had begun the war from the air at Pearl Harbor”‚ and the nation had been repaid for what they had done with more destruction (“Press Release by the White House‚ August 6‚ 1945”). Bernstein
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In August of 1945 nuclear weapons were exploded upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Following these atomic bombings‚ Japan surrendered. But were the atomic bombings necessary to save Allied lives and end Japan’s threat to world peace while avoiding a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? The following account summarizes the events that led to Japan’s surrender in World War II and then considers other means of achieving Japan’s surrender. The second half of this article‚ which
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President Truman had decided to drop atomic bombs on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There’ been a debate ever since on whether or not his decision was reasonable. Japan was ready to surrender and on the verge of collapsing. One could argue that the bombing was barbaric and unnecessary. President Along those lines‚ Truman’s decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki was unjustified. Japan had considered surrendering before the two atomic bombs were dropped. According to "United States history: Reconstruction
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evidence in your essay. From the Gaza article‚ I will be pulling out examples of violation of human rights that are happening now to support my essay about the human rights issue of weapons against humans. The main example will be that Israelis are bombing Palestinians in order to make” peace.” From the Nukes article‚ I will be taking out information on how many people are trying to ban the use of nuclear bombs which will benefit future generations. From this article it names many countries that use
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the Japanese city Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. This act was known as the act that ended World War II and saved the lives of many American soldiers that otherwise were to invade Japan. Paul Tibbets‚ the pilot of the Enola Gay sated that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was a “peace keeper…the harbinger of a cold war kept form getting hot.”2 While others believe that it was the beginning of a new holocaust due to it killing over 200‚000 people‚ most of them civilians‚ not to mention the long term illnesses
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changing event will happen in every generation to change how the world works; for example‚ the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. These two events caused the entire world to change the course of their actions. The impact was strongest‚ however‚ in the lives of the Japanese. It changed almost everything about the Japanese culture‚ art and identity. Before the bombings of Hiroshima‚ the Japanese culture was based largely on the samurai traditions: loyalty to death
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