Should the nuclear bombing of japan in WW2 be considered a war crime?

I know that america likes to style herself as the "good guy" but how is the death of tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands including radiation poisoning anything but a war crime?

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Milkshake · F

of course it is... killing thousands of civilians to safe the lives of your own soldiers is as warcrimy as it can possibly get

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Huh? @Milkshake

Milkshake · F

@jackjjackson if the usa had to fight and invade japan it would have cost soldiers lives but saved civilians...

they decided japanese civilians are worth less then american soldiers...

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Or Japan could have avoided either consequence knowing it was going to lose no matter what. @Milkshake

Milkshake · F

@jackjjackson i am not saying the japanese regime was nice or cared for their own people...

but just because someone else does bad things doesnt justify your own country doing bad things...

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

I don’t think it’s a bad thing to save the same number of American lives than lose Japanese lives when Japan started the war and continued it long after anyone sensible would have surrendered. @Milkshake