[MNJohnnie]

It is one of the absurdities of modern Political Leftism. They want to argue that it was some how immoral to use the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs. That we could of “Besieged” the Japanese.

That utter nonsense. The infrastructure of the Japanese islands was breaking down. Japan could not feed itself and rely-ed on food imports. Instead of killing about 200,000 Japanese Civilians, the Leftist “Siege” would of ended up killing tens of millions from disease, starvation and malnutrition. EVEN then there is NO indication that would of broke the Japanese will. Japanese soldiers hung on various pacific islands for decades after WW 2 ended. Even after the bombs dropped die hard militarists tried to stop the Emperor from surrendering.

Then there is the question. What response would the Japanese been to an invasion and occupation. The Left screams about the Iraqis “Insurgency” what do you suppose a Japanese Insurgency would of done? Who knows if the Japanese would of even survived as a people? The Civilian and Military casualties on Siapan and Okinawa were horrific. Give the intensifying tempo of suicide attacks,the fire power brought down on the Japanese Home Island prior to and during an Invasion would of killed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of civilians, as well as military forces.

So to save a whole nation we kills a couple of cities. That was an act of humanity.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

And if our leaders would have listened to the voice of the left today and went ahead and done what they suppose instead of using the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs and " Besieged " Japan and countless American/Japanese lives gone, still that would not have appeased these Left wing kooks.
The Palestinians is a good example, you give them what they demand, and it's still not good enough.
These left wing kooks would have still gone and said that the " Besiege " of Japan would have been immoral and countless lives have died ( this is after the fact ) and we should have used the atomic bomb to bring this senseless bloodshed to a mercyfull end.
We did the right thing to use those atomic bomb to bring WWII to a sudden and mercyfull end.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I Liberal is NEVER a voice of reason or logic.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

A Liberal is NEVER a voice of reason or logic.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Sorry about the double post, I hit the button before I realized that it was mis spelled.

[Boundless]

The two Bombs were the lowest cost, lowest casualty
solution (for both sides). Period.

It was largely luck that the Japanese surrendered.
The Army was nearly successful in preventing the
emperor from getting the word out.

Then we also have the open mystery of what the Japanese
detonated, a few days after Nagasaki, on that island
off what is now North Korea. They were working on the
Bomb, too. They may have set one off, or just a TNT
test like the US did prior to Trinity.

If the Japanese had the Bomb, they would have had zero
hesitation in using it, if they could deliver it (even
by suicide sub under our fleet).