Was The Bombing of Hiroshima Necessary?

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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Well, regardless of the rightness of bombing Hiroshima, that this Tibbets shows absolutely no guilt or remorse for his action is frankly rather chilling.

Not at all. He was a military bomber pilot. He might have witnessed Pearl Harbor directly or indirectly through the media.

He might have family members fighting the Japanese in other branches of the military.

He might have lost a few friends as casualties of war to the Japanese.

He certainly knew that his fellow Americans were shedding blood in war against the Japanese empire.

So thus it is only understandable given his circumstances that he might not have a regret on delivering the A bomb.
This doesn't mean he's not sorry for the loss of innocent lives in the city but there was simply nothing he could do and it was part of his duty to his country. He didn't regret delivering the bomb but he is probably sorry for the innocent lives lost because of it. It was wartime, he was a bomber pilot instructed to bomb a city.

The same thing when people didn't mind invading Afghanistan. This was even bigger than 9/11.