“Always” the target?: While U.S. bomb scientists were racing against Germany, military planners were looking toward the Pacific

By Arjun Makhijani

As for racism; well it was a different time. But look at the vilification of the Japanese and the American internment camps during the war. Plus the subsequent wars in Korea and Vietnam.

the japenese killed americans in a surprise attack while US was not involved in the war. civillians were sacrificing to support the war effort. its not some mystery why the US would be eager to bomb japan and end the war. similarly, the japenese internment camps in the US were hardly inexplicable. when youre at war with people X, its reasonable to be at war with ALL people X, not just the ones in uniform. spycraft is a thing, and people often bear allegiance to their homelands. there are subtle types of sabotage that any enemy can perform.

you have to prove the US wanted to kill the japanese becuase of their race, instead of the much more obvious and well-supported claim that US wanted to get revenge and end the war in the same blow.

On the racial undertones, I am not the only who sees them - this is from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment_in_the...

Strategic bombing of Japan

Author John M. Curatola wrote that the anti-Japanese sentiment probably played a role in the strategic bombing of Japanese cities,[22] which began on March 9/10, 1945 with the destructive Operation Meetinghouse firebombing of Tokyo to August 15, 1945, with the surrender of Japan.[23] Sixty-nine cities in Japan lost significant areas and hundreds of thousands of civilian lives to firebombing and nuclear attacks from United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers during this period.[24] According to Curatola and historian James J. Weingartner, both firebombing and nuclear attacks were partially the result of a dehumanization of the enemy,[22] with the latter saying, "[T]he widespread image of the Japanese as sub-human constituted an emotional context which provided another justification for decisions which resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands" across Japan.[25] On the second day after the Nagasaki bomb, President Harry S. Truman stated: "The only language they seem to understand is the one we have been using to bombard them. When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him like a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true".[10][26]