Daily Show calls Truman a war criminal

**VictorCharlie** · 05-01-2009 09:11 PM

Not sure how old this is, but is there really a large contingent of people who believe Truman is a war criminal? I don't t usually take Jon's forays into the political arena too seriously but got to say I lost some respect for him on this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4pV27_7PI

**Dark Lord Al** · 05-05-2009 04:29 AM

I think thats harsh , i mean lets face it the guy just had a reality show about him , which i thought Jim Carey played well

**Gandalf** · 05-05-2009 05:03 AM

He was a war criminal and was not the only US President I would label a war criminal either. There are a lot of war criminals roaming free in the world and they only seem to be tried arbitrarily. If you are seen to be very powerful and influential then you can get away with commiting war crimes.

**VictorCharlie** · 05-05-2009 11:22 AM

Miles can you please explain how Truman is a war criminal? Please include what you would have done in his position to defeat Imperial Japan.

**VictorCharlie** · 05-05-2009 11:23 AM

by the way. Daily apologized the next day

**CFH** · 05-05-2009 03:20 PM

I've heard many respectable historians make a similar assertion. Not that he was a war criminal, but that the dropping of the atomic bombs was unnecessary and that it had more to do with demonstrating American might to the Russians than it did with ending the war with Japan.