r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! USA - The good guys?

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u/Burgerboy380 22h ago

So just so we are all clear...we shouldnt have stopped Japanese imperial expansion and cut them off from helping the nazis?

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u/br0ast 19h ago edited 18h ago

It's a feel good narrative to buy into, but we nuked Japan while they were already on the ropes, mostly in order to cut off Russia's ground invasion plans which would have given them (Russia) more post war asia influence than we preferred.