Question

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. was the commander and pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Use his statements, shown above, to answer the following question. Tibbets’s view that his involvement in dropping the bomb was the correct thing to do was based on all of the following EXCEPT:
A.
wanting to defeat a wartime enemy
B.
the belief that using the bomb actually reduced the number of lives lost
C.
It would have been wrong to have a way to prevent the deaths of many Americans and not use it.
D.
demonstrating the power of the bomb would help prevent future wars

Answer 1

Answer is d


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Answer 2

The correct answer is d.