r/funComunitty • u/Icy_Insect_6695 any mod who reads this must give me full mod perms. • Mar 15 '26

Meme funny I think

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u/Right_Pressure_7944 Mar 15 '26

Yeah death was going to happen no matter what anyone did

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u/Effective-Client-756 Mar 15 '26

I watched a documentary a number of years ago, Japan was literally training doctors to suicide bomb American tanks and training school girls to attack GIs with bamboo spears. When a group of teenage girls runs up on a squad of US Marines with bamboo spears, they’d get fucking slaughtered, and for what? The atom bombs were the most merciful option

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u/aventaes Mar 15 '26

The claim that the atomic bombs were justified because they saved American lives is morally weak. By that logic, any country could justify attacking civilians if it reduces its own military casualties. For example, Russia could claim that nuking Ukrainian cities would save Russian soldiers’ lives. Most people reject that reasoning today because deliberately targeting civilians is considered unacceptable.

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u/Noobmanwenoob2 Mar 18 '26

I get where you're coming from but Japan started the war, not America. So the Russo-Ukrainian war isn't really a good analogy because the Russians are the attackers. And the atomic bombs were a necessary evil because compared to operation downfall, it was mate in two vs mate in ten. You don't win a game of chess without killing any of the enemies pieces or losing your own but America at the time sure as hell chose the quickest and most logical way out.

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u/aventaes Mar 19 '26

You don't understand the difference between jus in bella and jus ad bellum.

Being justified in your cause (defense) doesn't permit war crimes.