To What Extent Was The United States Justified Or Unjustified

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Was the United States justified or unjustified for dropping the bomb on the Japanese? There are many arguments, point of views and sides to this topic but I personally think that the US was justified for dropping the bomb on Japan. I think this because Japan refused to surrender, the war ended faster; and Japan had bombed the US first, Pearl Harbor ring a bell? Some American scientists disagreed with the idea of using the bombs on military targets and on large populations, etc. They believed that it’d be better to test them out on a demonstration such as an uninhabited island. Japan did not surrender until two bombs had been dropped not one. So the second one was necessary to end the war. If one bombed city did not convince the Japanese,

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