Atomic Bomb Persuasive Essay

The reasons the bomb should have been used on Japan are the likely cost of American lives as high as 100, 000 as many estimated, if fought on land, water and maybe a little less but still high on air and it’s a way as revenge for the surprise Japanese attack that killed 2,403 killed and 1,178 wounded of whom 68 killed and 35 wounded. The Battle of Okinawa proved evidence a very high casualties would result if Americans fought in the main islands of Japan, especially since Japan will keep fighting until they die. It would be a very quick way to end and win the war. The atomic bomb could be a message to the world why not to mess with us and kill or wound our people, “you mess with us, we come back even harder than ever imaginable”. Plus even though we had surrendered Japan and asked for their unconditional surrender, they had not responded with could mean they still had plans to continue the war even though they pretty much lost. The fact that they hadn’t responded in three days after dropping of Enola Gay could have meant they were up to something very suspicious such as continuing the war. …show more content…
The testing of the atomic bomb should have been enough to know it shouldn’t even to dropped on military harbors especially if it’s close to civilians. The fact of Japanese needing time to figure out how they will surrender and thoughts of negotiating should have been considered, so should have been given even after the dropping the first bomb. There could have been many factors why they didn’t respond after dropping of Enola Gay such as their signal could have been cut off due to the dropping or just out and they were focused on helping Hiroshima maybe believing they would not drop another as they already lost the war as they believed the Allies