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mk · 4566 days ago · link · · parent · post: Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?
These decisions were strongly colored by racism, as was the interment of Americans with Japanese heritage. I don't think anyone can seriously think that there might not have been an alternate strategy that didn't involve the dropping of two atomic bombs upon civilians.