Comments on: Morally necessary, morally wrong? Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:53:38 +0000

Brett, thanks for your comment. While I don’t think the atomic bombing was the only thing that ended the war (as you know, Japan was on the path to defeat well before the atomic bombs were dropped), I do think it was the single most important factor in causing the war to end when it did, and under what terms it did. I think the bombs were a much bigger factor than the USSR’s entry into the war, but of course I could be wrong–if you’ve got any good books to recommend, I’d love to hear them. A lot of my thinking on this has been shaped by Stanley Weintraub’s “The Last Great Victory,” which pretty thoroughly documents the final weeks of the Pacific War.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:11:36 +0000

You’re making the assumption that the atomic bombing caused the end of the war, a typical American attitude. In fact it was the entry of the USSR into the war, and their invasion of Manchuria being Japan’s largest ever defeat that lead Japan to surrender to the US.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:58:41 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Gladys. In thinking back about terrible subjects like this, sometimes we just have to cling to the promises of Psalm 46:10 and Romans 8:28, among others.

By: Gladys

Gladys — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:36:37 +0000

Although, our hearts grieve for the causalities and wounds because of our frail wisdom and sins, it blesses me to know that no matter how grim or deep the wounds are God is good and always in control! In His sovereignty which may make little sense to no sense to us, I know that God has a plan working for His Kingdom to come.