Was the dropping of the atomic bombs a proportional response

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Address the questions below in a Word doc and submit to the dropbox "Discretionary Assignment #3" by Sunday June 2nd, 2024. Please remember that Artificial Intelligent generated content of any kind is not permitted in Hist-1009. Please use your thoughts, opinions, perspectives to respond to the questions below. (please refer to the Academic Integrity and AI policy outlined on the Supplementary Outline.

Watch the short video clip from the film "Fog of War" (embedded in our lecture this week May 30) and address the following questions relating to the film and our lecture:

1) Was the firebombing and the dropping of the atomic bombs a "proportional response"? Consider how you would define proportional and if it even should be considered in war.

2) Do you believe that American military leaders should/would have been tried as war criminals if they had lost the war?

3) Consider the three sides of the "Debate" regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb. Do you believe that the dropping of the atomic bombs was necessary? Why or Why not? Please explain your answer.

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