# Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings Justified

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2106327267894837660
- Source account: [@ivan_8848](https://x.com/ivan_8848)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:44
- Published: 2026-10-04
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified) The, the actual use of nuclear weapons- No ... is that ever justified offensively?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=3) I think it was justified in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yes.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=5) I think it was justified in bringing the Second World War to an end, yes, unquestionably.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=9) Unquestionably justified. Unquestionably, yes. I thought the num- the, the, um, number of lives- So it's justified to kill people who did nothing wrong?

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=17) Well, we're not talking about people who did nothing wrong.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=19) The, the Japanese were warned. Well, the populations of crowded cities are- We, we- ... not responsible for the war- We, we were in a- ... women and children getting incinerated ... we were, we were in a state of total war.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=29) Okay. Well- I, I think- We were not in a state of total war, actually.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=33) There were no Japanese troops on American soil.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=35) We were not in a state of total war. Well, they, they'd attacked- That's not even close to a state of n- total war ... they had attacked, um, American soil, as you know.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4hiNIybZ0sZM/en/were-the-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-justified?t=40) Four years before- Yeah ... and then they were losing, but we were not in a state of total war