Near as I can tell, the nukes were far less of a war crime than the fire bombings (which killed far more). And the fire bombings get far less press.
Nukes are far more sensational and abstract I guess, compared to the terrible reality of burning hundreds of thousands alive more slowly in their own homes.
The real moral people are rightly taking away from it is "win your wars".
And I'd assume Chinese people get to look at it from the same lens: if shit ever hits the fan, they better win whatever the price is, nothing else will even remotely matter.
True I guess. If Japan had won, it wouldn't have mattered if they started it or not, they still wouldn't have been nuked ("ethical win"? except for all the really nasty shit they were doing to everyone) and we certainly wouldn't be having any ethical hand wringing about what happened during the war.
Nukes are far more sensational and abstract I guess, compared to the terrible reality of burning hundreds of thousands alive more slowly in their own homes.
Moral of the story I guess - don’t start shit.