pears? Whywouldn't they use guns or other weapons? Well, the truth was,the government just didn't have the resources to give out a gunto just any citizen. US naval blockades are one of the majorreasons that Japan was so low on resources, and a main pointopponents of the decision to drop the bomb constantly bring up.Japan obviously was very low on resources. Japanese civilianswere ready to die with spears in their hands, surely the militarywould do the same. Besides, the Japanese military did still havesome resources to go on. So again I must bring out the fact thatJapan could have continued to fight, and they would have. And I'm sure anyone can realize what would happen if the war continued; more deaths. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and President Truman, wrote, "By the beginning of September 1944, Japan was almost completely defeatedthrough a practically complete sea and air blockade." If that was true, how could they have continued to fight and rack up enemy kills? If the Chief of Staff to the President figured they would soon surrender around September 1944; why were they stillfighting almost a year later? And how can we be so sure that anyother estimates on when the war would end would be correct?Basically, we can't. For all anyone knows, Japan would have keptfighting. It was the atomic bomb that forced Japan to surrenderand in turn saved thousands if not millions of lives. How can anyone be so sure that Japan would continueto fight? No one can say exactly what would have happened,because let's face it, no one really knows. It's possible Japan was just about to surrender, but most evidence would not agree with that statement. I'm sure most have heard of a group of mencalled the Kamikaze. Kamikaze were "suicide" pilots. They wouldload an airplane up with explosives and try to nose-dive it into an enemy target. Think about what must be on this pilot's mind.Imagine the undying lo...
