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The Secret History of Hiroshima Supports Trump on Nuclear Weapons
By
Tyler O'Neil
August 6, 2017
On the 72nd anniversary of the
atomic bomb falling on Hiroshima, Japan, it's high time to correct the
record: "the Bomb" didn't defeat Japan in World War II, and what
actually happened lends support to President Donald Trump's approach on
nuclear weapons.
In April 2016,
Trump infamously said that he would not rule out using nuclear weapons.
"I don't want to rule out anything," the then-candidate declared. "I
will be the last to use nuclear weapons. It's a horror to use nuclear
weapons. ... I will not be a happy trigger like some people might be.
But I will never, ever rule it out."
Perhaps
ironically, the true history of what happened when the U.S. used
nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945, and
August 9, 1945, backs up the idea that nukes — while dangerous and
deadly and only useful in a last resort — are not quite as powerful as
commonly believed.
The story
has been repeated so many times, few question it. Emperor Shōwa, better
known as Hirohito, made the decision to end World War II and surrender
on August 9, 1945, three days after the first atomic bomb dropped on
Hiroshima and on the very day the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Despite the Japanese culture of honor, he accepted unconditional
surrender because of the might and terror of this new nuclear weapon.
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