Should We Have Dropped the Atomic Bombs?

Dropping the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August of 1945 aren't really the proudest moments in our American history, but these were things that we just had to do. If we hadn't done it ourselves, the Japanese, the Germans or some other country may have beat us to it, just like the book said; then we would've been in trouble. Although the bomb did kill thousands, both instantly and in the future, we don't know what we may have prevented. The war may have gone on for two more years and who knows how many more lives would've been lost on all sides. Although not one of the shining moments in our great history, it was simply something that we had to do.