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The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and caused total destruction of the city, moreover, 130 thousand people were killed; most of them were civilians. Truman described the effect of the bombing when he new the results for the first time as “an overwhelming success”. It is believed that the honesty of the scientist Szilard was useless and gone with the wind in front of the decision of bombing. Stalin invaded Manchuria in those difficult moments for Japan. He was aiming to divide Japan as he did in Germany. Truman used the bomb to end the war before the Soviets could attain a remarkable progress on the Japanese front, so that Japan would be his country's dependency, without any Soviet interference. He aimed also to show the deterrent threat of his nuclear arsenal to the Russians. When Truman saw the pictures of Hiroshima after bombing, he knew the value of the disaster there. He thought not to make the American people see it, but people around him told him that the American people paid 2 billion dollars as taxes in order to build the bomb, and that it’s their right to see the result of the money they had paid. Therefore, Truman gave unavailable reasons and said through media that America bombed Japan because it refused to surrender, and that there was a race between the nations to build the atomic bomb. He added that Germans were just about to produce it but the Americans were faster, and when the opportunity came, the bomb was used against the Japanese. He said that America would not hesitate to use atom bombs against the Japanese again, if they refuse to surrender unconditionally. The Japanese thought that America does not afford having many atomic bombs for threatening them with random bombing, so they refused to surrender. America then bombed Nagasaki with the last bomb it has. This second Plutonium bomb gave the exact impression America wished to deliver to the Japanese, which believes what America had said about bombing at any time. Although General Anami, the commander of the Japanese armed forced assured that America does not have any other bombs, yet, the emperor refused to continue the war saying that continuing in this war means the elimination of his nation completely and total destruction to the Japanese people. There was an attempt to make a revolution by some of the army officers who wanted to convince the emperor not to surrender, and to get rid of the people around him. The coup-d'état failed by the suicide of Anami, who signed the paper of the surrender decision by his blood when he put the paper with a sword together in his abdomen, and killed himself. Finally, the Japanese emperor decided to accept the unconditional surrender.
It all began with the ambition of a scientist to do the best to serve his case, but it turned to this monster called the atomic bomb by the rules of the authority, neglecting the right of innocent civilians to live safely even if they belong to an enemy nation so that to free the American war prisoners and to protect the other from being killed just by killing the others which is totally unethical, immoral and a selfish decision. I believe that this is the best example of a case when the morality of science is mixed with the immorality of politics.
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My name is Ayman el-Hakea, I am a Construction Engineering graduate from the American University in Cairo. My origins date to an interesting mixture of Yemeni, Moroccan, Albanian, and Egyptian ancestors. I always try to be a moderate Muslim, I like animation, geopolitics, comparative religion, and football. I like to be with "people"...and I hope my writing isn't boring for anyone.
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Author's response Ayman El Hakea | Sep 12th, 2004
Thank you for your kind remarks Mr.Roberts, I have to make more effort, thanks..
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