Nike vs. Adidas
Joseph Acosta
5/24/11
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Test 7 Essay Many have debated whether President Truman may or may not have committed crimes against humanity by deciding to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Some would say it was unnecessary and uncalled for and others would say it was totally necessary and called for. President Truman did commit crimes against humanity by dropping bombs on Japan. President Truman’s crime can be described as three steps--his reasoning for the dropping of the bombs, the explanation for why what he did was such a crime, and the effects his crime had on Japan. When one has the right reason one isn’t questioned for his actions. According to President Truman the actions he had were unnecessary for the reason he explained. Some examples of his reason for the dropping are “McGeorge Bundy argues that the President Truman and the United States dropped the atomic bomb in 1945 on Japan in order to end the war (shorten the war) and win a complete victory as fast as possible” and “The reason of the dropping of the bombs was to save hundreds of thousands of American lives that would have been lost if the U.S was forced to invade Japan. (Both quotes from Critical Dates article)” The last reason for the dropping of the bombs is a way of explaining the uses of the bombs rather than for Japan; “The military use of atomic weapons was expected not only to end the war, it was assumed it would help to organize an American Peace. (Martin J. Sherwin/ The great atomic bomb debate)” These were the main reasons for Truman’s action(s) toward Japan. Truman’s explanation(s) did correlate to his crime against humanity at the time. Some of the explanations he had were that “He wanted a victory over Japan, even surrender- In June 1945 he knew that the Japanese were seeking to surrender on one condition, that they be allowed to keep their emperor, but the U.S refused to meet Japan’s condition. (Critical Dates)” Many Americans wondered that if the Japanese were going to
5/24/11
Pd: 1
Test 7 Essay Many have debated whether President Truman may or may not have committed crimes against humanity by deciding to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Some would say it was unnecessary and uncalled for and others would say it was totally necessary and called for. President Truman did commit crimes against humanity by dropping bombs on Japan. President Truman’s crime can be described as three steps--his reasoning for the dropping of the bombs, the explanation for why what he did was such a crime, and the effects his crime had on Japan. When one has the right reason one isn’t questioned for his actions. According to President Truman the actions he had were unnecessary for the reason he explained. Some examples of his reason for the dropping are “McGeorge Bundy argues that the President Truman and the United States dropped the atomic bomb in 1945 on Japan in order to end the war (shorten the war) and win a complete victory as fast as possible” and “The reason of the dropping of the bombs was to save hundreds of thousands of American lives that would have been lost if the U.S was forced to invade Japan. (Both quotes from Critical Dates article)” The last reason for the dropping of the bombs is a way of explaining the uses of the bombs rather than for Japan; “The military use of atomic weapons was expected not only to end the war, it was assumed it would help to organize an American Peace. (Martin J. Sherwin/ The great atomic bomb debate)” These were the main reasons for Truman’s action(s) toward Japan. Truman’s explanation(s) did correlate to his crime against humanity at the time. Some of the explanations he had were that “He wanted a victory over Japan, even surrender- In June 1945 he knew that the Japanese were seeking to surrender on one condition, that they be allowed to keep their emperor, but the U.S refused to meet Japan’s condition. (Critical Dates)” Many Americans wondered that if the Japanese were going to