Were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki against the Empire of Japan justice?
The use of nukes on Japan was the result of modern warfare of the 40’s. Japan, though economically pressured by the U.S., knew what sorts of risks it was taking by bombing Pearl Harbor. (Yeah, no one had nuclear weapons then, but they knew we’d swing by the island to kill them back… underestimating your opponent isn’t ground to cry foul in war.) In that sense, it was justice as they received the natural consequences of their actions. Personally, I don’t see the bombings as a matter of justice. I think it was done mostly out of strategic value to end an absolutely horrifying war.
