Compared to the firestorms in other Japanese cities from incendiary bombs, the Atomic Bombs were simply more efficient, although their production more or less negated that efficiency.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were valid military targets. Fact.
Any reservations about the use of our Atomic Bombs is absurd. In the end, their use finally pushed the Japanese to capitulate. Millions of lives on both sides of the war were thus spared. Fact.
Really? By that rationale, would New York City be a valid military target today?
Any reservations about the use of our Atomic Bombs is absurd.
No, it's not. It's based on sound moral principles, in fact.