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           One of the presidents of the U.S. during World War II, Harry S. Truman, decided to drop two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to end the war in the Pacific. When we dropped those two atomic bombs, were we justified in doing so?

            In my opinion, yes, we were, for many reasons. First off, the Japanese would never surrender under any circumstances. The Japanese told all of their soldiers that it is better to die for your country than to come back defeated. Basically, if we were to win the war in the Pacific without dropping the atomic bomb, we would of had to crush/destroy the Japanese empire. I think what Truman was trying to do in the dropping of the two atomic bombs was he was trying to protect the lives of the people who live in the U.S. Another reason why we were justified in dropping the two atomic bombs is we were trying to end the war quickly instead running the risk of letting the war drag on for who knows how many years. Also, if we assaulted Japan's homeland and hadn't used the atomic bombs, the war would've of dragged on for probably a good 3 months, if not more than that because Japan would probably try and invade our country as a counter-attack. Yes, I understand about all of the people that the atomic bombs killed and about how that is inhumane, but the dropping of the two atomic bombs was necessary because it ended the war rapidly, it saved a ton of American lives, and it prevented the war from being prolonged further.