It doesn’t have to be an atomic bomb, but just a bomb to show Iran we are not playing. I really don’t want us to go into war, but if it takes that then so be it. They are really pushing the United States to that level and to keep our country safe, we have to whatever’s necessary. The United States should do what they have to do about Iran’s nuclear
Evaluate the view that the United States had no option but to use the atomic bomb in 1945. The United States clearly had no option but to use the atomic bomb in 1945 since it was the only way they could end the war. Due to the failure of conventional warfare, the US needed to resort to the use of the atomic bomb since it was the only viable means of ending the war. There was also a need to avoid a land invasion which would come at the cost of thousands of lives, particularly due to the existing military strength of Japan. Furthermore, Japan’s rejection of the Potsdam declaration meant there was the possibility of a conditional surrender and Soviet involvement in the post-war administration of Japan – both of which were consequences the US did not want to face.
Bush's administration sought and received permission from Congress to design a new class of nuclear weapons: "mini-nukes," relatively low-yield tactical nuclear weapons for use against underground bunkers and other small battlefield targets. Advocates of these new weapons point to the uniquely powerful, compact "punch" that can be delivered by a nuclear weapon; critics argue that even a small nuclear weapon may cause many civilian casualties, and, more important, that actual use of a nuclear weapon of any size would break the taboo on such use that has held since the end of World War II, making the use of larger, more destructive nuclear weapons more likely in future
The Republican platform identifies two key components to facing the threat of nuclear weaponry, reducing the world's nuclear stockpiles and preventing proliferation. However, the Republican platform does not dare envision a world without nuclear weapons. Instead, the platform maintains that the US must develop and deploy national and theater missile defenses to protect the US and its allies. The Democratic Platform, however, offers a more idealistic approach to nuclear proliferation and advocates for a nuclear policy that aims to eliminate all nuclear weaponry from the face of the Earth. The Democratic Platform also addresses the combined threat of Iran and North Korea obtaining nuclear weaponry and how they would attempt to combat such a threat.
There are several key actors who can affect the future of RU-486 in the US. President Reagan and his administration, Commissioner Young, and pro-life interest groups do not want RU-486 to be distributed in the US. Pro-choice groups, Roussel and other pharmaceutical companies want RU-486 to be present in the US market. In the long term, the Republican administration and its pro-life allies will want to solidify the FDA’s position on RU-486 making it difficult for opponents to infiltrate the agency’s bureaucratic structure and allow possible approval of the drug. Opponents will want to keep the FDA structure more open, hoping to gain an opportunity for policy change with a shift in political
The only real problem that prevented the Japanese from surrendering was the unconditional surrender the Americans demanded. The Japanese thought the emperor to be descended from the sun god and would protect the emperor at any cost. If President Truman had agreed to leave the emperor alone and taken more time to negotiate Japan’s surrender, they probably would have. Instead, after the testing of the first atomic bomb, it was decided after a few days that Japan would be bombed. Even if Truman had decided to use the bomb, there was no reason to bomb Hiroshima.
Japan had made clear overtures to peace, but cultural differences made this nearly impossible (the shame of unconditional surrender goes against their code of honour). The determination to use an expensive bomb instead of letting it rust away; the desire to find out how devastating it was and the opportunity to use the bomb as a strong showcase of US supremacy, made Japan the ideal target. Obviously, the USSR would eventually succeed in creating the a-bomb. Therefore, making Hiroshima & Nagasaki the example of the tremendous power of the bombs would make it clear to the USSR that they too needed such weapons to defend themselves. Moreover, other countries claimed the right of nuclear weapons to defend their citizens.
Reagan directly impugned the Soviet Union’s faulty reasoning behind their idea of “morality” when he says, “…as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet leaders have openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is that which will further their cause, which is world revolution…” (Reagan 112) and solidified the idea that the Soviet Union had underlying motives towards a nuclear stockpile. Reagan argued that the US should increase its nuclear inventory and scientific advancements to protect in case of an attack. In the end, nuclear warfare is not always the struggle between good and evil and as Reagan puts it, “…but we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or, as theologians would put it, the doctrine of sin.” (Reagan 97) Reagan does not directly point out the Soviet Union’s flaw to eliminate freedom, but instead affirms the main goal of the United States at the time, which was to eliminate communism. During the final summit meeting, Reagan disclosed to Gorbachev that he no longer viewed the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” because of the reformations in the two countries; this demonstrated how far the countries had come as well as how beneficial the four summits were in improving relations between the
The United States didn’t want that to happen so they could end the war fast. That’s when we had no other options to end war except using the Atomic
Jimmy Carter also explained how there are 30,000 nuclear weapons world-wide and how our country possesses 12,000 and Russia possesses 16,000 weapons. Throughout his speech Carter stated how he was against the use of nuclear weapons and he “would characterize the US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, military unnecessary and dreadfully dangerous” (Carter, Speech). Jimmy Carter also addressed the steps that need to be taken in order to avoid the emergence of nuclear arm, some of those steps being elimination of short range missiles, security for all weapons, control of nuclear fuel, and increased warning time to prevent accidental launch of a nuclear weapon. Jimmy Carter believes that it is very important to adopt this goal as our own and support the elimination of nuclear weapons in the world