August+5,+1945

**August 5, 1945**
Some very serious debates and discussions have been taking place in the past several months after my promotion. The decision between whether or not we should bomb Japan with our newest weapon, the atomic bomb. I think the decision is going towards dropping the bomb on Japan, Hiroshima. As the president, I have the final decision whether to allow this bombing or not. We strongly warned Japan that they will pay for what they have done to our soldiers and navies in Pearl Harbor. Japan needs to be beaten up and taught a lesson or else it is constantly going to grow in terms of power and be unstoppable. Dropping this atomic bomb isn’t the only solution to end this war and stop Japan. We, the President of the National Government of the Republic of China, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and myself, tried to pass the Potsdam Declaration back in July to end this war peacefully, but Japan refused to negotiate. Japan is forcing us to lead the decision towards bombing the country. Not to mention the $20 billion [today’s value 21st century] that was spent in developing the bomb. It would be a waste of money to just let it go.

It is quite unfortunate, to live in this time period of world and be the ultimate decision maker who would be responsible for thousands of innocent lives. I am going through so many thoughts on this very decision. Innocent civilians will be the victims for the foolish choices made by the Japanese government. But then again, the people are supporting the government and if we don’t stop Japan right now, my people would be the victims and I cannot let that happen no matter what. Anyone who supports the enemy is also our enemy, so technically, the people of Japan are also our enemy. In addition, if we don’t stop Japan right now, more people will be kill in the distant future because they will go around the world and colonize many nations and many innocent people will die in that process. As a result, I can justify my decision of allowing to drop the atomic bomb in Hiroshima as it will save more people in the end.