Hi sKiTzo,
Yeah, I agree that nobody should have nukes, but they do, so that is a given starting point. Is it hypocrite? Should we drop our hypocrisy and allow Iran to have a nuke? Of course not. That would be plain stupid logic.
And than you refer to the US as the only country who was irresponsible enough to have used them. As a pacifist I say that the US did the responsible thing by using the A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The alternative would have been a full scale land invasion. Considering that Japan had just mobilized the ENTIRE population, the US would have lost a lot of people during an invasion. The information Truman based his decision on was 250,000 - 500,000 US casualties and between 5 and 10 million Japanese casualties. And with that I have proven, beyond any doubt, that the US use of the A-bomb was not only justified, but also less horrific than any alternative method would offer.
What makes the bombing of Hiroshima so shocking and horrific are the short timespan in which we have all the casualties. Did you know that during a conventional bombing rate on Tokyo 100,0000 People died in 1 night? Do you think this was the path forward?
And do not think for a second that Japan would have surrendered anyways. It has been very well documented that this is not the case. Even after the Emperor surrendered, there were still people who wanted to kill the Emperor and keep fighting the US.
The mentality in Asia is very different. In Asia I find many people who say you should always fight 'till death. Even if you have already lost.
Joey