IKE: "the Japanese were ready to surrender & it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing"

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46. Well, Geek, Lets take a look at the HISTORY.

General Douglas MacArthur, [font size=3]Supreme Commander Pacific[/font][/font] and the Military Commander who accepted the Official Surrender of Japan,
says he OPPOSED the dropping of Atomic Weapons on Japan.

General Dwight Eisenhower, [font size=3]Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe[/font] said he opposed dropping the bomb on Japan.

We KNOW where the order to Drop the Bomb came from.

Can you do the math?

The Official Cover Story is that dropping the Bomb was "necessary" and "saved a million American Lives",
but this is NOT the whole story nor the true story,
but a story that was necessary in 1945 to protect the image of the USA in the aftermath of WW2.

This IS an issue that the military has kept very quiet for Political reasons,
but if you care to do the research, more material is turning up every day as these guys get old and want to clear their consciences.

It is also fairly easy for anyone with Critical Thinking Skills and even a superficial knowledge of Geography and World History WW2 to punch holes on the "We HAD to" cover story.

I first heard the "We didn't have to drop the bomb" from a high ranking Marine Officer who fought HIS way across the Pacific with the 1st Marines.
He told me in the mid-50s that the Cover Story was BOGUS.