Thursday, December 16, 2010

The question of bombing cities/civialians during wartime being fair or not.

When both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed during WW2, millions of innocent lives were lost as a result of aggression and a need for revenge because of the disaster in Pearl Harbor. Although we felt like we got even by demolishing their cities, we also nuked innocent women and children who were defenseless and had nothing to do with the war, which was very unfair. Americans should have been ashamed of themselves, because Americans are considered role models worldwide. Pearl Harbor was an armed military base located in Pearl Harbor that should have been ready for unexpected attacks from enemy forces. They were trained to deal with situations that could cost them their lives, and it was a mistake on their part that they were unaware when kamikaze planes arrived and attacked. We on the other hand, took the lives of innocent civilians that had no chance of surviving when the nukes were dropped. We took far more lives from the Japanese, than the Japanese took from us in Pearl Harbor, and yet Pearl Harbor is mentioned more than the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and is portrayed on TV to make us build even more hate toward Japan. This isn't the only example of an occasion in which innocent lives were taken during a war. 9/11 was also an incident in which innocent people were taken, although it wasn't as drastic as the two bombings in Japan or Pearl Harbor, but it was American nature to seek revenge, like in the past, so again, we slaughtered innocent people in search of Osama bin Laden. In conclusion, bombing/ attacking cities is no doubt, unfair, but it's inevitable and as long as war exists, no one is safe.