Pearl Harbor Argumentative Essay
So, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, in 1941, the United States reactions was justified for violent reaction, because of the attack by the Japanese. However, the people from Japan, may claim valid reason to attack, because of "Right Intention," but the United States action of dropping two separate nuclear weapons on two different cities, was an unjust war and extremely evil (Mattison). So, USA was justified in defending their island, but became unjust after the first nuclear attack, because it became responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of women, children, and men. Destroying Hospitals, Churches, and Historical sites, which is illegal under international law or the Geneva Code of Conventions, but this happened before the United
States signed it, in the 70's. Therefore, the reason for retaliation against, may have been just, but the action of the U.S were defiantly unjust.