The Atomic Bomb WHEE! BOOM! Would you like it if your family was vaporized and your house was destroyed? Well, that`s what happened to thousands of people when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I do not think the dropping of the atomic bomb was justified, but it is a necessary evil. We should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it started the Arms race. Before, we dropped the atomic bomb nobody had nuclear weapons. Now the world has more than 30,000. In fact, several countries including France, China and North Korea have nuclear weapons. Now, nuclear weapons are thousands of times stronger. This means that, one extremely formidable nuclear weapon could destroy the whole state of Florida. It makes me believe, that we are never safe because anytime now we could we could be attacked by lethal nuclear weapons. However, the dropping of the atomic bomb was justified because the Japanese started the war by attacking Pearl Harbor. It makes me believe the atomic bomb was just defense. Think of it like this: if a school bully was about to punch you, would you block his punch or let him hit you. Obviously, you would block his punch. Furthermore, the Japanese killed 2,300 American soldiers at the naval base. The attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 1, 1941 at 7:55 AM. The Japanese warships wrecked 8 battle crafts and 188 aircrafts. It was all because U.S created an embargo on Japan, making them lose access to fuel to continue the war in Asia. It makes me think that we should defend ourselves in the face of such intense attacks from an enemy. My second reason why I think the atomic bomb dropping wasn`t necessary, is there were too many innocent lives lost. In fact, 125,000 people died the first day and later in Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped above the hospital and anybody on site vaporized. Many people who were set on fire went to a