[ClearCase_guy]

The atomic bombs saved lives. Lots of lots of Japanese lives, and also many American lives were saved because of the bombs. I think of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as possibly the greatest humanitarian acts in the 20th century.

[al baby]

Well put. Never forget they asked us to dance we simply obliged them

[Rebelbase]

“The atomic bombs saved lives. Lots of lots of Japanese lives, and also many American lives were saved because of the bombs. I think of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as possibly the greatest humanitarian acts in the 20th century.”

No, no, no. ~Everyone~ knows that Japan was beaten and it was only a matter of time before they threw in the towel.

/idiotic revisionist history drivel.

[wagglebee]

The atomic bombs saved lives. Lots of lots of Japanese lives, and also many American lives were saved because of the bombs. I think of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as possibly the greatest humanitarian acts in the 20th century.

Exactly.

The Potsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945 promised "prompt and utter destruction" if Japan refused to surrender.

The Japanese refused and we bombed Hiroshima eleven days later. We waited an additional three days before bombing Nagasaki.

Conservative estimates for an invasion of Japan were that at least half a million Allied deaths and five to ten million Japanese deaths. The bombs saved MILLIONS of lives on both sides.