[Nepeta]

Fascinating post. No question but the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs saved many American lives, including vast numbers of children who never would have been born (possibly including me).

The bombs probably saved Japan not only in terms of millions of lives, but culturally. After a ground war, house to house and building to building, I am not sure when the US would have ever ended the occupation of the home islands.

[dfwgator]

The bombs probably saved Japan not only in terms of millions of lives, but culturally. After a ground war, house to house and building to building, I am not sure when the US would have ever ended the occupation of the home islands.

Not to mention that probably half of Japan would have been occupied by the Soviets and ultimately the ChiComs.