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Why did Admiral Leahy feel the use of the atomic bomb on Japan was unnecessary?

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C “barbarous weapon”

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He felt it was inhumane because America had clearly pulled ahead in the war are were simply waiting for Japan to surrender, so the bomb drop was unnecessary and excessive in his opinion. 
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