It that what you think it was? they just wanted to commit mass murder? No other reason? Simple as that. Truman, said, l"et's commit mass murder. Hmmm who can we do it to? How about the japs? Let's kill them. Hey, look it worked! we killed lots people, that great, i feel good about myself. Oh by the way is there still a war going on?"
Yes, the intention was to kill as many people as possible. Why does it come as a surprise? I mean, if they wanted to prove a point all they had to do is drop the 2 bombs in front of Tokyo bay, kill no one and scare the shit outta everyone (without actually killing them).
Japan didn't just steal resources it brutalize the people they stole them from. They also consider all those people lower species and treated them as such.
Ohhhh! How quickly we forget! Us and our "noble intentions".
You should do some home work on the Japanese in ww2. Although i am vehemently against the Iraq war, there's a big difference between what they did and what we are doing now. Part of my family survived Japanese occupation.
Look, I'm in no way saying that the Japanese did good. In fact my opinion is exactly the opposite. The problem is that, most of the time, and this is a rule that survives the passing of time, the so-called liberator is just as ruthless and the oppresor. So, for example, although your family benefited from the arrival of the American army, it is obvious that the Japanese civilians didn't. Take Vietnam, Iraq, the USSR, you name it. Pancho Villa was a villain on this side of the border. Go to Mexico and you'll find out he's regarded as a national hero.
Our argument that we had to drop the 2 nukes in order to stop the war from dragging on and on is laughable at best. We dropped the bomb on innocent civilians, and that's that. Well, I shouldn't say WE, I should say THEY, because I sure as hell know that had the American public been informed of the nukes and Truman's terrible intentions I'm pretty sure Americans would've told him to go fuck himself.
End of story.