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Mr. Sebestyen
1-30-17
In 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, and it was
the wrong decision to make. I disagree with the Truman Administration and support Option
1:Make This a Time for Peace because the United States could have left Japan with more
resources to help them in post-war recovery and would have saved over 120,000 Japanese lives.
Making peace instead of dropping the nuclear bombs had more benefits than the Truman
Administration saw.
Making peace instead of dropping the atomic bombs would have left Japan with more
resources to help them in post-war recovery. Japan has always had very few natural resources.
During World War II, the Japanese were getting no resources from the United States, who, until
1941, had given Japan valuable resources such as oil. Using an atomic bomb destroys everything
for miles and miles past the drop site. Taking this into mind, the United States completely
eliminated all of the vital resources in and around Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This greatly
Making peace instead of dropping the atomic bombs would have saved over 120,000
Japanese lives Nothing and no one was spared from the atomic blasts. Every temple, every home,
every school, and every person in those two cities was blown to dust because of what America
did. Buildings that had stood for centuries were struck down, and were irreplaceable. Other items
of historical value were never to be seen again. The Japanese lost parts of their heritage on those
two days. It was like seeing the destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, but there
was no debris to find people in, and there were no people to look for. Everyone in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki died. Some call it war, I call it a holocaust, which means "sacrifice by fire", and that is
just what it was. The United States sacrificed the lives of over 120,000 innocent Japanese men,
women, and children in exchange for a lack of any Japanese domination of the Pacific. No one
has or ever will be entitled to death, especially for something they never did. Men who supported
their families were blown apart. Mothers who fed and nurtured their children were destroyed.
Grandparents who gave their descendants nothing but love and wisdom were able to give
nothing more. Children who were learning to count, read, and treat others were slaughtered, and
babies who could not even speak the name their parents gave them were murdered. Those in the
area who were not fortunate to be one of the tens of thousands to die in the blast were slowly and
excruciatingly painfully killed by the radiation of the bombs. The radiation missed no one in the
surrounding area, so no one could give help or be helped through the agony, even if they were
from different areas, because the radiation was in the atmosphere, and harmed everyone it
touched. The use of atomic bombs in Japan was wrong, and by making peace all of this would
The Truman Administration's decision about ending World War II was wrong. Instead of
leaving Japan with more resources for post-war recovery and saving over 120,00 Japanese lives,
they decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan, thus ending World War II, but in the worst way
possible. The United States may have instilled fear into those who dare oppose them, but love is
stronger than fear, and by using love, the United States could have made peace with Japan.