So I have a question for you. Can the United States be trusted with atomic weapons? I have heard this argument before many times, even on this blog I have received posts stating that the US can’t be trusted with atomic weapons. Basically the argument is that the US spends so much time patrolling the weapons development of the world when we are the only ones that have utilized atomic weapons to attack our enemies. Is there really any defense against these accusations? I have heard before that WWII may not have ended had the US not utilized the atomic bomb to attack Japan. Do you believe that commentary to be true? I know that the war would have ended in some way or another but what I don’t know is if the US still would have suppressed the Japanese had we not utilized the atomic bomb. I find that this is one of the most difficult moral dilemmas for people of all walks of life. Should we have used the atomic bomb? Thousands of innocents were killed. These were people who had no influence on their government or the actions taken by Japan against the US. Basically they were innocent by standards. However the argument also goes that US citizens would have likely suffered both economically and many more would have been killed had the war gone on. I don’t know if anyone can say conclusively. My only hope is that we will not use an atomic bomb again in the future. Hopefully we will be able to find a better way. Who knows.
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