tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post8965588189136184410..comments2024-03-06T10:16:40.696+00:00Comments on PhD studies in human rights: Hiroshima and NagasakiWilliam A. Schabashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17552332133145290879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post-8068437738591978612011-01-11T16:57:30.643+00:002011-01-11T16:57:30.643+00:00Personally, I believe we've reached the point ...Personally, I believe we've reached the point where scholars and government officials alike are afraid to address the possibility of 'war crime' because it's already been swept under the proverbial rug. Like an ostrich, if we cant see the problem, it's not there. Similarly, few -if any- activists are still complaining about the atrocity committed the governments would rather leave it alone, pretend it didn't happen.<br /><br />As for it being a war crime or not is still subject for debate. I don't see how mass murder can ever be justified but in a time of war, when mistakes are being made on both sites, it is acceptable to forgive such crimes. Although we know now that less people would likely have died in the long run due to the bombing, at the time the only purpose was for shock and awe. Evidently it worked, leading to the surrender of the Japanese but does that cancel out the vaporization of so many innocent lives? <br />I see it, ultimately as a good thing, but at the time the decision to bomb Japan was a horrible idea. However, the U.S. had seven more bombings planned (that may not be a fact, i cannot recall the actual number of bombings planned) but they didn't go through which it which shows us they realized their fault and stopped with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.chorneliaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342070012471967798noreply@blogger.com