They also saved the lives of a hell of a lot of Japanese, who would have died in the fight to the death in the invasion of Japan.
Or Truman could have simply taken the Obama approach, apologized for Herbert Hoover and given Japan some money. Of course, Japan today would probably look a lot like North Korea.
Harry Truman would be considered too “extreme” for today’s GOP, and would likely be jailed by the 2016 Democrat party.