• vga@sopuli.xyz
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    8 hours ago

    They did not nuke Japan as a response to Pearl Harbor. It was a response to Japan stupidly ignoring the Potsdam Declaration when Germany had already been defeated.

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      2 hours ago

      How would you know what FDRs motivation was?

      “This is for Pearl Harbor, I’ve been waiting a long time for this”.

      It could have been his response to Pearl Harbor, so your correction is REJECTED