The POWs is one consideration I had not thought of when considering if the nukes should have been used. I've always focused on the forces it would have taken to conquer the mainland. That alone was staggering to me. Now it's obvious to me that we save many POW lives by droping the nukes.
I confess to the same mistaken assumption. This is a great story that increases our understanding.
13 posted on 08/13/2005 4:50:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)