[thecavemaster]

I would have traded Japanese lives for American lives, exactly what Truman did. Sometimes as President you must make difficult decisions, Truman had the most difficult of all time, but he saved American lives, bottom line. History surely has also taught you that dictatorships are much likely to be agressive and that a democracy has never declared war on another democracy in the history of the world. One can't sucker punch another and cry foul when the defender uses a force you can not handle. I agree that the less nuclear weapons on Earth the better. However, if I had to pick between the two I'd say get rid of the dictatorships and peace will take care of itself in time. Which do you think would be easier to rid the world of? I honestly do not know.

We agree to disagree. You believe Hirotima and Nagasaki are the justified strategems of war. I believe a fire *!*& bomb got dropped on women and children and non-combatant men and that all the "just war" theory in the world can't fathom that horror and injustice. So be it.