¨The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese
were already defeated and ready to surrender. . . . In being the first to use it, we . . . adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children. . . . I voiced my grave misgiving, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary and . . . I thought was no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of "face." Use the highlighting tool to identify text that shows Admiral Leahy’s opinion on dropping the atomic bomb to end World War II.
Which of these statements best summarizes Admiral Leahy’s opinion of the decision to drop the bomb?
A. He was opposed to the decision because he believed Japan was ready to surrender.
B. He believed that using the bomb was absolutely necessary to end the war.
C. He was undecided about whether to use the bomb, but was talked into it.
D. He was unhappy about the decision, but felt it was necessary to save lives.
"The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the British Victorian poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling. While he originally wrote the poem to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Kipling revised it in 1899 to exhort the American people to conquer and rule the Philippines.
