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It’s time to end the myth that the US needed to drop atomic bombs to end World War II (www.sacbee.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml to c/history@lemmy.ml

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Not a new revelation, but the article pulls from good sources and it's nice to see this myth repudiated in a mainstream outlet.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never said that.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What nation is going to prefer the death of its own citizens over the death of civilians of a country they are at war with?

How else to interpret that? Were you suggesting Japan at the end of WW2 posed a risk to US civilians?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 months ago

No. I said that a country is going to value the lives of its own people over the lives of others in making military decisions. This isn't just an American thing.