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    Leahy: killing citizens indiscriminately goes against morals. Dropping the bomb caused unnecessary death and destruction, he says. Truman made the more persuasive argument for dropping the bomb.

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    Leahy: killing citizens indiscriminately goes against morals. Dropping the bomb caused unnecessary death and destruction, he says. Truman made the more persuasive argument for dropping the bomb.

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    Primary Source: Should America Drop The Atomic Bomb On Japan?

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    Leahy: killing citizens indiscriminately goes against morals. Dropping the bomb caused unnecessary death and destruction, he says. Truman made the more persuasive argument for dropping the bomb.

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    PrimarySource:ShouldAmericadroptheatomicbombonJapan?

    1. WhatreasondoesTrumanoffertojustifytheuseoftheatomicbomb?

    TrumanthoughtthathewouldsavemanyAmericanlivesandshortenthewar.Theexcerpt
    states,wehaveuseditinordertosavethelivesofthousandsandthousandsofyoung
    Americans.HisdutyaspresidentwastouseanyweaponavailabletoreserveAmerican
    lives.Trumanalsobelievedthatthiswastheonlyresolutiontotheconflict.
    2. WhydoesLeahysayhewasagainstusingthebomb?

    Leahysaysthatkillingcitizensindiscriminatelygoesagainstmorals.Leahysays,I

    wasnot
    taughttomakewarinthatfashion,andwarscannotbewonbydestroyingwomenand
    children.
    3. Whomdoyouthinkmakethemorepersuasiveargument?Explainyouranswer.

    Trumanmadethemorepersuasiveargumentbecausehehadmorelogicalreasonsfor
    droppingtheatomicbombthatLeahy.However,IbelievethatLeahymadesomereasonable
    pointsfordropping.Droppingthebombcausedunnecessarydestruction.

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