Bombing and Targeting Justification
The United States government, in the time of the total war which it was in, had the right to strategically drop the atomic bombs and target the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in this circumstance because of the nearly imminent danger the U.S. would face if they had to execute an amphibious landing, which they could not afford, on mainland Japan instead. With Japan's major threats of armed and ready civilians, kamikaze attacks, and more, there was no way the American troops could have successfully faced that and come out with minimal losses. Even the President of the Untied States at the time said that it was a strictly military based decision. Both cities were valuable targets because they were home to different sites of military importance, and they were also home to many Japanese civilians. Although numerous civilian deaths is not necessarily a good thing, a strong civilian force to back up a war is absolutely crucial in order to be victorious, and the civilian targeting effectively diminished that threat. If the United States was to invade Japan, it has been estimated that the total losses on both sides would have exceeded the number of deaths as a result of the bombings. The United States government and military had the responsibility to do everything possible to protect it's citizens and dropping the atomic bombs was the best way to do so in such a time of need. The American government's actions were indeed justified in the strategic bombing and civilian targeting of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and they had the right and responsibility to do so.