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Tucker Carlson has divided conservative social media with his take on the atomic bomb
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:27 pm
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Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:31 pm to RollTide1987
Tuck is right again. Hard to believe that with all we now know, some still think the US had to drop the bomb(s) to get Japan to capitulate.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:31 pm to RollTide1987
But wasn’t the other option to engage in a prolonged combat operation that would lead to the deaths of many American soldiers, the perpetual bombing of Japanese infrastructure, and horrific pain for many Japanese citizens?
At least, that’s how my American history stories sold it to me when I was young.
At least, that’s how my American history stories sold it to me when I was young.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:31 pm to RollTide1987
The alternative was far far worse. It was a horrible decision that had to be made but it was the correct one. Tucker is out of his mind. Context matters greatly here. The amount of civilians and military deaths would've been in the millions without those bombs.
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:31 pm to RollTide1987
Uh, what did he say?
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:31 pm to RollTide1987
He's entitled to his comfortable, 80 years after the fact opinion.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:32 pm to RollTide1987
I agree with this
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:32 pm to RollTide1987
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not just a bunch of innocent people. Both were legitimate military targets. If he isokay with any bombing done during WW2, then morally he should be fine with the A-Bombs. Pretty ignorant on Tucker's part.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:35 pm to RollTide1987
k
I'm evil.
Next.
I'm evil.
Next.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:35 pm to RollTide1987
Like Tuck a lot and I think he’s had an awakening about a lot of things he always assumed as truths….but have to disagree with him on this point.
No-one with a conscience relishes what we had to do but doing so ultimately spared many, many more lives on both sides.
No-one with a conscience relishes what we had to do but doing so ultimately spared many, many more lives on both sides.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:35 pm to RollTide1987
I love Tucker but he's wrong on this.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:36 pm to RollTide1987
Good. I disagree with him, but I'm fine not having a consensus that nukes solve big problems. 
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:37 pm to RollTide1987
It wasn't a "good thing", but it was a very necessary thing. Saving millions of lives and put an end to the war. Who could possibly argue with that?
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:43 pm to RollTide1987
If we hadn't have dropped the bombs, eventually someone would have. Better us than them. The world has been somewhat stable ever since.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:45 pm to RollTide1987
his quote is "if you are arguing it's a good thing".
it most certainly isn't / wasn't a good thing. war and acts of war are never a "good thing".
Truman was burdened with a heavy decision. But it was war and he made the proper one.
I for one will certainly not hold him to a modern day purity test like many in our country do to people that lived in the past.
it most certainly isn't / wasn't a good thing. war and acts of war are never a "good thing".
Truman was burdened with a heavy decision. But it was war and he made the proper one.
I for one will certainly not hold him to a modern day purity test like many in our country do to people that lived in the past.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:48 pm to RollTide1987
Japan fricked around and then Japan found out
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:53 pm to RollTide1987
Tucker is wrong here. He usually has good points but sadly the Ole Miss American history course must be lacking.
Dropping the bombs was the correct call. It saved more civilians than what would have happened if we had invaded or if we fire bombed all the remaining cities.
Dropping the bombs was the correct call. It saved more civilians than what would have happened if we had invaded or if we fire bombed all the remaining cities.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:57 pm to RollTide1987
It was a horrible thing, but it gave the world proof of the weapon. Someone would have dropped one in a military action at some point. If it happens after WWII in the Cold War, the world goes down. Proof of the weapon in a war deterred it from ever being used again and deterred any huge superpower conventional wars.
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:09 pm to RollTide1987
Easy way to express Tucker thoughts I believe is to say that there is no good way to stress using. It just needed done at the time. It’s best obviously to never need to use
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