12 Worse Presidents Inhumane

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

I take a fair bit of issue with the stuff against Truman. Especially the Atomic Bomb stuff. Would they have rather had him invade the Home Islands and killed even more Japanese? As for the testing how is that inhumane? You have a new weapon what do you do with it? Why you test it! Now i'll admit that they could've tried to do more underground testing but unlike today actually blowing the bombs up was the only way to really test if they would work as designed. As for the Cold War would they have rather it gone hot? Once WW2 ended the only time period that we could've had a chance against the Soviet's without destroying the world was from the day WW2 ended to the moment thet got the Bomb.

I also find it interesting that the author of the list cites the use of napalm in the Korean War as a point against Truman. During FDR's watch napalm wasn't just something "under development". It was used as a tactical weapon against Japanese bunkers, pillboxes and tunnels, and other fortifications, especially on Saipan, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and Okinawa, where deeply dug-in Japanese troops refused to surrender. It was also used as an incendiary in Europe.