attack be justified and was the atomic bomb the final answer to the problem? These are some of the questions that have not yet been answered and may never be answered. One of the reasons why the bomb was unjust and cruel was because Japan was already defeated before the bombing, an effective sea blockade and the successful bombing of military sites gave the US a clear victory. A surrender would have taken place shortly without the atomic bomb being a factor. There would have been no need to invade the Japanese mainland and the bomb would not have significantly shorten the war and it would not save enough lives to justify its use. Another point brought up in this debate is if Japan was fairly warned and given a chance to surrender. President Truman had failed to warn the Japanese that they would be attacked with an atomic bomb and thus gave them no opportunity to surrender until the bomb was dropped. The bomb could have been dropped in an unpopulated area to demonstrate its power, such a demonstration would have convinced the Japanese to surrender without needless bloodshed and long-term suffering. This unjustifiable slaughter of innocent civilians will forever be remembered as one of the darkest days in US history. To this day innocent people who wanted a good life are suffering from the long term effects of this deadly bomb. Some still do not see the costly effects of this bomb and that is because they never had such a mass tragedy and such a great loss of human life happen to them, they never had to watch their children die helplessly in front of them as they had no way to help them and all they could do is WATCH....
