Confirm-efutation

Confirmation
Assertion to be confirmed: President Truman was right in using the atomic bomb to end the Second World War

Encomium: Truman is a patriotic man that was devoted to his country

Exposition of the situation: On August 6th and August 9th of 1945, two hydrogen bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki obliterating everything and killing tens of thousands of people. The decision came on August 3rd where Truman authorized the usage of the a-bombs because the Japanese rejected the Potsam Declaration.

Certainty: It was known that extreme measures had to be taken in order for Japan to force them to surrender fully. The idea of sending in an invasion force would have been suicide.

Credibility: President Truman was determining various ways to limit casualties in the Alliance forces. He wanted to save as many people as possible.

Possibility: It is possible that the Japanese people were in no way involved in the war. The government itself was held responsible.

Consistency: Truman’s decision was consistent with the pressure and extremity that all presidents have to endure while in war.

Propriety: The timing of Truman’s decision was convenient because it shortened the war and saved the lives of soldiers

Convenience: Truman’s decision was legitimate because it ended WWII, saved lives, and prevent battles that could have happened for many more years.

Refutation
False assertion to be refuted: President Truman was right in using the atomic bomb to end the Second World War

Exposition of the situation: On August 6th and August 9th of 1945, two hydrogen bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki obliterating everything and killing tens of thousands of people. The decision came on August 3rd where Truman authorized the usage of the a-bombs because the Japanese rejected the Potsam Declaration.

Uncertainty: It was not certain that dropping an atomic bomb was the most ideological and efficient solution.

Incredibility: It is hard to believe that over 100,000 lives had to be lost for the sake of showing who is boss

Impossibility: It is impossible that Truman’s decision had no underlying emotions like revenge and fury.

Lack of Consistency: The war efforts of Truman’s were iffy at best and lacked efficiency.
Impropriety: President Truman actions were inappropriate. Killing innocent civilians living in a totalitarianistic government is not the wisest solution.

Inconvenience: The dropping of nuclear weapons is an inconvenience because of the chaos it evokes and the destruction it causes. The spontaneity of it is unbearable .