The US was Right

Before reading "The US was Right," I was already fairly convinced that the US was indeed right so I needed little convincing to side with John Connor. I have had a few WW2 segments throughout my school career and I've always had a curiosity for the subject. My Grandfather was also in WW2 fighting in the South Pacific area against Japanese, and this is probably a significant factor on my "US was Right" bias.

In the article, Connor bases his opinion that the US was right on few key points: The Japanese savages that were willing to die before anything else for their country, more lives would have been lost had the US not dropped the bombs when they did, and that the Japanese had thousands of Kamikaze planes in reserve with only enough fuel for a 1 way death trip. To back up these facts Connor states the death tolls and soldiers accounts of what the Japanese were like during the war. He also had a friend at Kyushu University that gave him information.

I find Connor's argument highly convincing and I've used similar points when describing why I think the US was right. The inevitable fact that more lives would have been lost had the bomb not been dropped is evidence enough for me.