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An ethical quandary LTC Eric Udouj COL Mikel J. Burroughs Col (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) Cynthia Croft CH (CPT) (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Can nuclear war be morally justified?
Posted from bbc.com
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Ethics
Office of the President (POTUS)
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Yes. The invasion of Japan would have cost at least 1 million of our soldiers and sailors.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Just watched the battle of Okinawa, again. Estimates of one million Japanese casualties and a quarter million Americans.
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Harry S Truman’s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb (U.S. National Park Service)
By August, 1945, Japan had lost World War II. Japan and the United States both knew it. How long would it be, however, before Japan surrendered? Japan was split between surrender or fighting to the end. They chose to fight.
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PO1 Tony Holland Nope, Nuclear War, Never. One, Two Occurrences of the use of Nuclear Weapons, Maybe, Barely. Of Course My Opinion is Flavored as an Off-Line Encryption Operator for Nuclear Submarines. One that would send the Critic Message that would Trigger WWIII, As a Tactical Intelligence Operator on Nuclear Cruisers and Member of a Very Small Club on the First Cruiser Entrusted with Sealed Authentication Codes.
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PO1 Tony Holland President Truman certainly wrestled with that moral justification as his advisors all provided different opinions. Upon leaving office he led a relatively normal life. The scientists who developed the bombs had more afterthoughts than he admitted to.
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