‘US government documents admit that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union. Ben Norton reviews the historical record.’

  • silent_water [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    my point is that the desire to drop the bomb led them to prolong the war.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Oh right, I don't disagree with you there. Turns out tiny paragraphs aren't very good at establishing the nuance of a complicated historical event. (and I probably wasn't very good at getting my point across)

      • silent_water [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        yep, the fact that even brief summaries have to cover things day by day during that period are a testament to that. I have no clue how skullboi covered it in just 2 hours.

        • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, going through this thread has reminded me to watch that video again. And his Harry Potter one. Not related to this topic, I just really like his casual destruction of TERF bullshit.

          • silent_water [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            hah, I was planning to go back through it in the morning so I have all the dates lined up.