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US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza (consortiumnews.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Don´t tell that to the average US American though, they really hate hearing this truth.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Any respected historian on the subject will tell you that it's way more complicated and nuanced than your average social media user is aware of. If, like Truman, you honestly believed that using atomic bombs on Japan would ultimately result in less loss of life, on a purely mathematical basis it was the only moral decision.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    The idea of using the most powerful weapon in existence, a weapon with destructive powers never seen before, that of all weapons can kill the most people in one hit - 140.000 people in Hiroshima alone - to "reduce loss of life" and then telling yourself that it was the moral thing to do, must require some serious mental gymnastics, lmao.

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