In official internal military interviews, diaries and other private as well as public materials, literally every top U.S. military leader involved subsequently stated that the use of the bomb was not dictated by military necessity.
You'd think they would teach this in schools. (<-- haha, that's a joke)
And if anyone is wondering, yes, I know it was faked. But the point is, I doubt any of these guy were aware of that when they made their comments.
IMO, the simple function of the movie is to just resell the old bullshit narrative: that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit with atomic bombs, and that it was a terrible act that "had to be done".
I'm going to guess that they didn't include this in the film, but it has been thoroughly documented that...
American Military Leaders Urge President Truman not to Drop the Atomic Bomb
You'd think they would teach this in schools. (<-- haha, that's a joke)
And if anyone is wondering, yes, I know it was faked. But the point is, I doubt any of these guy were aware of that when they made their comments.
IMO, the simple function of the movie is to just resell the old bullshit narrative: that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit with atomic bombs, and that it was a terrible act that "had to be done".
Good cop/bad cop no doubt.
That motherfucker was already dropped in their minds.
Resell "nukes" and Cold War era fear of instant and unpredictable death at the hand of Those Nasty Russkies.