Atomic Bomb.... Does the World have the rights to use them?

[Rao Sahab]

The World War II broke out in 1939, by the invasion of German Nazi to Poland with their newly developed air force, Blitzkrieg. Two days after the unexpected assault to German Nazi by Great Britain and France, the war that the world had feared the most, the World War II, finally began. Around the time, in Asia, Japan began its full invasion of China and other Asian countries by brutal force, without warning. The conflict grew world widely, and during the time period, the whole world fell into a chaos. Due to the Japanese invasion on Pearl Harbor in 1941, December 7th, the United States declared the war against Japan, (the Pacific war) along with the Great Britain and Soviet Union. In May 7th 1945, the German Nazi finally surrendered, while Japan still disagreed to do so; instead, Japan continued to fight against world. Eventually, such disagreement ended up with the United States’ atomic bombing in Hiroshima on August 6th, and Nagasaki on August 9th. A week later, Japan, dreadfully damaged, surrendered. Did the United States have the rights to use the atomic bomb against Japan? The U.S launched Atomic Bomb if they believe to find the opposing country threatening, and threats must be eliminated..
(Introduction of the time period, World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945 - Worldwar-2.net)

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Effects of the Atomic Bomb

When Japan disagreed to surrender after the Potsdam Conference, the United States and other Allied forces decided to bomb the two major cities of Japan-- one being a military head-quarter, Hiroshima, and a harbor city, Nagasaki. Despite of knowing the deadly outcome, the U.S and the soviet thought that the usage of Atomic Bomb would shorten the war. Nonetheless, the aftermaths of the bombings were incredibly horrifying; 220,000 lives were lost immediately by the explosion, and thousands more died by following illness and the radiation of nuclear bomb. During the 1950 to 1990, roughly 9% out of the people died by cancer and leukemia were due to the radioactive contamination and its long-term effects. The release of radioactive toxin contaminated not only the humans but also the environment, along with the food, water, soil, and air. “Practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death,” announced Radio Tokyo 16 hours after the massive destruction of the city. All the countries in the world, including Russia, were frightened by the destructive power, and deeply feared the bomb. The bombing of Japan made other countries fear the U.S.
(Effects of the bomb, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Current usage of the Atomic Bomb

Currently, the world is not using the Atomic Bomb for actually firing to other countries, but is storing for defensive military actions. North Korea, one of the communist country lead by Kim Jung Il, recently threatening the world with Nuclear bomb, although it's not clear if they really have one. Korea has been divided into North and South from 1945 on, where the idea of communism and its want for land clashed against capitalism and unison. North Korea had received aid from China and Soviet Union, while South Korea received aids from United Nations which includes: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippine, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States, and medical aids from: Italy, Denmark, Sweden, India and Norway. North Korea secretly researched and planned to make an atomic bomb, which caused an uproar around the world. The U.S believed that North Korea would use the bomb to threaten the world, challenging against so many nations, so the U.S had their guards on, ready to defend and counter attack. The strong nations, the Unites States, Russia and European countries made many Atomic bombs for safety, but also to show off their potential and their power.
(North Korea, http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nuke/index.html; Allies relationship, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)



Conclusion
Japan surrendered a few days later, after losing two important cities and millions of citizens. When thinking about what happened in the WWII, it is clear that Japan had done unforgivable actions against the world, especially to the nearby Asian countries and Allie forces; but in terms of humanity, it was a very cruel decision to wipe out millions of people and destroy so many things all of a sudden, without warning; the majority of the people, the citizens who were killed by the bombs, were innocent. So here rises the question; does anyone can ever have the rights to utilize atomic bombs to other neighboring countries? The answer is no. Nobody in the world, (regardless of the position of the person) has the right to use such destructive weapon against another country, especially without alarming. During the war, throughout the whole world wide countries, one third of the total death was innocent people. No matter which country or which side they were, it is important that each country should respect the rights of human and keep its morality, although they are suffering from the wars. The scar of the atomic bomb still reminds people in the world that even though a country has done terrible destruction upon other countries, atomic bombs are inventions that shouldn’t have created in the first place, to avoid abusing them. Every human abuse any power given to them and the only way to prevent the misusage of a great power is by not using them, not inventing them, not creating them.




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[Rao Sahab]

no bomb no war

 

[asianamerican]

This question is irrelevant. The US released the genie out of the bottle and it can't be put back.

 

[The SC]

Actually the "Germans" did.

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Background:

In 1939, Albert Einstein, writing on behalf physicist Leo Szilard and other leading physicists, informed President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Nazi Germany was carrying on experiments in the use of atomic weapons. In October, 1939, the federal government began a modest research program which and later became the two-billion-dollar Manhattan Project. Its purpose was to produce an atomic bomb before the Germans.
On December 2, 1942, scientists in Chicago succeeded in starting a nuclear chain reaction, demonstrating the possibility of unleashing atomic power.


German test:

First Atomic Bomb Blast "Trinity Test" (1945)US: