Truman Delayed End of WWII to Demonstrate Nuclear Weapons - Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (3/13)

To intimidate the Soviet Union and prove to Congress the nuclear program should be funded, Truman dropped nuclear weapons on Japan to end the war; no scientist came forward to warn of the dangers to...

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Nov 6, 2018 · 5:12 PM UTC

IntelToday · Nov 6, 2018 · 5:19 PM UTC

IntelToday @Intel_Today

6 Nov 2018

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Hans Bethe (Nobel 1967) told me two things I never forgot. (...) Hiroshima may, or may not, have been justified. But in his mind, Nagasaki was without a doubt a war crime. gosint.wordpress.com/2018/08…

BG🇨🇦 · Nov 6, 2018 · 5:30 PM UTC

BG🇨🇦 @BG_1935

6 Nov 2018

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Are you certain it wasn't just retaliation against Pearl Harbor.

Confusion is King / Ask better questions · Nov 6, 2018 · 5:49 PM UTC

Confusion is King / Ask better questions @collectivlunacy

6 Nov 2018

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Related: See the books by Antony Sutton - archive.org/search.php?query…

Paul S. · Nov 6, 2018 · 11:56 PM UTC

Paul S. @sweetepaul

6 Nov 2018

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Japan was already defeated. Dropping two 20 KT yield A Bombs on Japan (one of each prototype) and killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians to 'demonstrate US power' to Russia constituted a war crime. Unbeknownst to Truman, the Russians had compromised Manhattan Project.