[New post] No ”military justification” for the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki. A negotiated ending is better than ”fight to the death”

Christina Macpherson posted: " Paul Richards. NAGASAKI BOMBING, Nuclear Fuel Cycle WAtch Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/1021186047913052   8 May 22 MacArthur's views about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were starkly different " No "military justification" for the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki. A negotiated ending is better than "fight to the death" Christina Macpherson May 9 Paul Richards. NAGASAKI BOMBING, Nuclear Fuel Cycle WAtch Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/1021186047913052   8 May 22 MacArthur's views about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were starkly different from what the general public supposed …. When I asked General MacArthur about the decision to drop the bomb, I was surprised to learn he had not even been consulted. What, I asked, would his advice have been? General Douglas MacArthur replied that he saw no military justification for the dropping of the bomb. The war might have ended weeks earlier, he said, if the United States had agreed, as it later did anyway, to the retention of the institution of the emperor. ____________ https://www.newsweek.com/november-11-1963-2608 Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from nuclear-news. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nuclear-news.net/2022/05/09/no-military-justification-for-the-nuclear-bombing-of-nagasaki-a-negotiated-ending-is-better-than-fight-to-the-death/ Powered by WordPress.com