Comments on: How The Future Looked Without The Bomb

By: Kay Knapp

Kay Knapp — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:48:15 +0000

Although the Japanese are, thankfully, friends now, people forget how terroristic and ruthless they were in WWII. The loss of lives, especially civilian lives, is an undeniable tragedy, but the Japanese thought nothing about mowing down civilians when it suited their needs. Interesting the parts we all choose to selectively remember!

By: Ima Ryma

Ima Ryma — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:50:04 +0000

The U.S had the A bomb first,
And dropped two of them on Japan.
War ceased after the second burst,
Ending that nuke installment plan.
What if Japan kept up the fight,
Would the U.S. have nuked it out,
In many mushroom clouds of might?
Japan would have burned more, no doubt.
And what if none but the U.S.
Had the ability to nuke?
Would war have since been more or less?
Today, somewhere there is a kook,

Who vows the U.S. take its turn
Feeling nuclear wrath and burn.

By: Tom Farris

Tom Farris — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:33:28 +0000

I have often wondered why, if we had not developed the atomic bomb, we would have invaded Japan. Their navy and air force were destroyed. They could no longer mount a threat to others in the region. We could have blockaded them, leaving them without the ability to replenish supplies. We could have continued the saturation bombing we had already started. With Germany’s surrender all of the ships and planes freed up in Europe would be available to throw into the effort.

Mass destruction via two atomic bombs, and the certainty of more of the same, forced their surrender without the need for ground fighting. Would not mass destruction via hundreds of thousnds of conventional bombs, and the certainty of more of the same, have forced their surrender without the need for ground fighting?