CSPAN Washington Journal Richard Frank July 12, 2024
Said pretty definitively the atomic bombs wordwrap to end the war quickly and they did and the war quickly. Was this the correct decision to make . Did they end the war . The short answer is yes and yes. The ware dropped to end quickly, to save lives, both american and japanese. What we have to get right at the start is to understand the context. There are two basic principles. We have to count the dead and we have to treat the dead as having a common humanity and that means the japanese as well. The asiapacific war resulted in the death of 19 million noncombatants. And all of that number, the...