[SeekAndFind]

I’d really hate to have been Truman.

It was the Devil’s Alternative either way. You drop the bomb, hundreds of thousands die. You do nothing, Millions die.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, as far as being a Devil’s alternative, you are missing one important point.

They started that war. Truman’s goal was to finish it.

[RatRipper]

Read a book written by ???David??? McCullough on Truman. According to Truman (I do not purport this to be the exact quote):

“I made the best decision I could at the time with the information I had.”

I think there is no question that he got it right, even though he was a Democrat.

[xone]

It was the Devil’s Alternative either way. You drop the bomb, hundreds of thousands die.

Drop the bomb, the casualties are mostly the enemy.