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Say back in 1944 President Roosevelt picked you as his vice president. You're 40 years old.
Roosevelt dies, making you president.
WWII is raging. Germany surrenders. The Russians had to sack Berlin to get them to surrender.
The war with Japan is still on. Over a million American troops are about to invade.
They tell you there will be 50,000 to 100,000 casualties during the first few days. Up to 5 million Japanese will die during the conquest. A lot of them will die due to famine.
Your advisors tell you that they have been working on a new weapon, the atomic bomb. It was so secret that they didn't even tell you, the vice president.
Do you authorize the military to drop the bomb?
Reasons to do so:
1. Save the lives of American troops
2. Get the Japanese to surrender immediately
3. Save Japanese lives
4. Scare the Russians
5. Test the atomic bomb
Reasons not to:
1. Killing that many people, in an instant is a horrible thing.
Roosevelt dies, making you president.
WWII is raging. Germany surrenders. The Russians had to sack Berlin to get them to surrender.
The war with Japan is still on. Over a million American troops are about to invade.
They tell you there will be 50,000 to 100,000 casualties during the first few days. Up to 5 million Japanese will die during the conquest. A lot of them will die due to famine.
Your advisors tell you that they have been working on a new weapon, the atomic bomb. It was so secret that they didn't even tell you, the vice president.
Do you authorize the military to drop the bomb?
Reasons to do so:
1. Save the lives of American troops
2. Get the Japanese to surrender immediately
3. Save Japanese lives
4. Scare the Russians
5. Test the atomic bomb
Reasons not to:
1. Killing that many people, in an instant is a horrible thing.