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=﻿Student Journal over the Atomic Bomb.=

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__//**Directions of the journal**//__: The atomic bomb was a controversial issue during World War II and still today with many people. In this journal entry I want you to discuss what you would have done if you were in Truman's shoes and why. Make sure that you give reasons to your decision and back them up with evidence that you gained in class. The journal entry must be atleast 200 words. Once finished read your fellow students comments and comment on atleast two other students. These Student comments can be to add information to strenghten their thoughts, or it can be a rebutal to their comments. Your follow-up comments must be atleast 50 words. Keep everything school appropriate.

Some reasons not to use the bomb is because irs new technology and it could be potentially dangerous to the makers of it. And another reason is that it could start a conflict between the allies and us since we didnt decide to tell them about the bomb. ||
 * Student Name || In this box is where you will type your response to the Journal entry. Do not delete another students journal entry just add text to it. ||
 * Tori Boone || If I was Truman i would have made some of the same chooses. I would have bomb Japan but I would have made sure that they knew that we were coming. I would have also made sure that I found some of the least populated places. I would have done it to show Japan that we had nothing to do with it and that we wouldnt have messed with them if they didnt mess with us. Showing them that we have more power and that we were not scared of them. Some of the things i would have changed would have been talking to my allies and telling them that we are not here to scare anyone we are here to show Japan that they cant fight with us and us not expect us to fighting back. I think that Truman did a very well job when he drop the bomb. If we wouldnt have done that then Japan and other countries might think that they can just do whatever they want to America and we wouldnt fight back. So I think that we proved are self to the whole world that we will not stand for someone to pick on us. ||
 * Justin Cluxton || If i was Truman i would have tried to see where Japan was the least populated but had the most military posessions. Because in my mind i would feel alot better if i destroyed not so much the general public but more of the military bases, that way i wouldnt have completely destroy the economy nor the general public who if they werent involved in the military or Japans actions, then why hurt the innocent bystanders who had no idea what the heck was goin on at the time. If I was Truman all it would take is alittle common sense to know that if u just drop a bomb wherever you pick and choose most likely you will more unnecessary people than you had intended to because of how densely populated Japan is. Some reasons i think the bomb should be used for is to protect millions of american lives because if you try to invade on foot you will most likely get killed really quickly sense the shores were heavily guarded. It would also show to Russia and other big and strong countries how much power the U.S actually has.
 * Tracey Gibson || If I was Truman I would drop the atomic bomb on Japan. I think what they did to our people back then was wrong. I would contact the Japan leaders and tell them if you don't surrender now we will drop our atomic bomb on your bases and all of your citizens. If you don't responed to our call and don't surrender we will bomb everything that you have. I would mainly bomb the bases of the Japan people. Then all of there innocent people that they have. But i do have to remember that the Japan people didn't care if our innocent people were getting killed either. So I would have to think really hard on bombing all the people in Japan. But most likelyI will bomb all there people because they bomb all of our innocent people. But I would wish that we didn't even have to go throw the problem of the fight of Pearl harbor. Our people and there people did not disservie to get hurt back then. So the bombing was not really good. But if I was truman i would bomb the japan people. ||
 * Dustin Griffith ||  ||
 * Zach Harney || If i were in Truman's shoes I would have dropped the atomic bomb also. I would have done this because if we wouldnt have dropped the bomb we would have lost 1 million american soldigers just to get on the beach of Japan. Also we showed the whole world we arnt afraid of dropping the bomb if you get on our bad side. Also we have huge bombs so we can blow up a whole city if we need too. This also employed 120,000 people, we did lose 2 billion dollars but this helped out the economy by providing jobs to people that wasnt employed. I dont think i would of bombed two cities in Japan but i would of bombed a huge city. I also would of helped build the city back after they said we give up you win! I would also feel bad for bombing the cities that had nothing to do with the bombing of pearl harbor. Maybe they should of just bombed the capital of Japan and had a lot of deaths and maybe they would have gave up earlier before we dropped the second bomb. So my opinion is we should of just dropped one bomb on the biggest city in Japan and maybe they would have gave up earlier before we dropped the second bomb. ||
 * Shayla Hederson || I in my own opinion think that if I was in Truman's shoes I would give myself time to think about the sitituation, I understand that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and that was a major mark in the U.S. I would have contacted Japan with a threat warning them you hurt us, now your going to get what you dished out back. Basically asking them to give in or suffer the consequences. As two or three days went by and no reply I would have used the bomb whipping out all of Japan their citizens and all. I would feel bad for harming the ones who had nothing to do with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I understand that if something would have happened and the bomb did not work we could have lost more lives of American Soldiers. We could have killed our own by taking the risk of sending them over along the beaches to fight. But a good reason to used the bombs was because it was economically cheaper, saved us money from not having to buy all those new guns and more bullets for the gun.The bomb took care of the job faster just by taking out everyone and everything. ||
 * Jason Kiskadden || the reason why? i think if i was in trumans shoes i would not send it. because i wouldnt risk the lives of many. and i will try not to cause a world war again because it would be chaos everywhere........ ||
 * Bryan McDowell || If i was in Truman's shoes I would've of at least told the Japanease leader of the power that I hold. I would of went all Dr. Evil on him and told him i want x amount of dollars to save my economy or I will drop an atomic bomb on one of your largest cities. And if that isn't good enough for you I have another to drop on another city in Japan killing thousands of citizens in just seconds. ||
 * Jimmy Setty || If i was in Truman's shoes I would've of at least told the Japanease leader of the power that I hold. I would of went all Dr. Evil on him and told him i want x amount of dollars to save my economy or I will drop an atomic bomb on one of your largest cities. And if that isn't good enough for you I have another to drop on another city in Japan killing thousands of citizens in just seconds. ||
 * Jordan Swanger || If I were in Truman's shoes I would have taken the same action. Not only because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but to prove to the world that we aren't afraid to unleash the true devastating power we have. Not to mention that the dropping of the bomb was also a great resolving point in the war itself, since Japan was knocked out we had one less enemy. Just the thought of one of our greatest enemies being laid to rest would have made overall morale of our troops skyrocket if nothing else, in short, I totally agree with the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. ||
 * Michal Watson ||  ||
 * Brandon Weyler ||  ||