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Summary Of We Need To Drop The Bomb By Dennis Kuncinich

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Dennis Kucinich, a representative from Ohio, in the persuasive text titled “We didn’t need to drop the bomb”, posted online in 2015, addresses the topic of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Kucinich supports the claim that the bomb was not needed to end the war, although some may disagree. The author’s overall purpose in the article is to persuade the audience that the atomic bomb had a negative effect due to the effect it had on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The author, Kucinich, also adapts an informative tone because he states facts and evidence to support his claim that the bomb was not needed to win the war. In short, I strongly disagree with the author because the bomb needed to be dropping in order to end the war. The bomb needed to be …show more content…

One fact related to the controversial bombing act, is the fact that today, North Korea is threatening America with bombs and missiles. This fact can relate back to the bombing of Hiroshima, because it is a similar situation. An example of the United States proved their power, which has been mentioned throughout the entire essay, is where we were attacked first and retaliated with two nukes that allowed the United States to prove many points, but set an extensive debate. In the online article, “Bomb North Korea before it’s too late”, the author, Jeremi Suri, states North Korea may attack us such as Japan did, therefore we must bomb them first. As we can tell from past bombings, this may not be such a well-thought idea. It would support the claim that the United States is the most powerful country, but it would more importantly start much controversy throughout our country, and maybe even a war. In the end, bombing helped America win World War 2 and prove we are a very powerful nation, but bombing in the present day is not as important, because there is much lesser need for it. We have proved we are powerful, but only use our power when needed, as shown in the bombings of Hiroshima and

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