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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Japanese were preparing to fight to death; the death of every Japanese man, woman, and child.

You have to [b]view the bombs’ use through only one lens:[/b]  the lens of reality.

The fact is:  the bombs saved countless lives.[/quote]
I know that is our historical perspective and what we say, but how is it portrayed through Japan's historical lenses. [/quote]

In a similar way to how the Berliners view the destruction of their city and mass casualties to civilians in 1945. Their leaders were trying to take over the world, they were the war instigators and the aggressors, and their countries inevitably paid the ultimate price within their borders as the world stepped up to stop them. What happened and who the aggressors were in the 1930s and 40s is not a matter of debate. [/quote]
I'm talking about an atomic bomb. A weapon of mass destruction that never been used before or after.  I understand the victor gets to write his-story. Maybe the Japanese would agree that they would have fought to the last woman and child, but we know that's not true because they didn't. A bomb would not have stopped that mentality of never surrender. It was a convenient reason to try out our new weapon and to spare American lives. Kinda glad as the grandchild of someone who fought in the WW2 Pacific. I'm just wondering what the lense of the Japanese survivors were and what they teach in their history classes. I bet it is not what you wrote. [/quote]

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