Correct. And, most importantly, we only had two atomic bombs. It would’ve been foolish to waste one as a warning. Especially, as you point out when the Japanese had already disregarded traditional bombings of Tokyo.
And as we know, those two atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki nearly failed to convince the Japanese to surrender. As we know the military attempted a coup to overthrow the Imperial government so as to continue the war.
Those atomic bombs saved millions of lives
And the USS Indianapolis did not make it to it’s destination.
“Those atomic bombs saved millions of lives”
My father’s among so many other Pacific war veterans.
They absolutely dreaded dealing with the Jap mainland after what they had endured with Okinawa and all leading up to it.
The last thing Japan deserved was a pardon for their actions.
Find comments of a Pacific war combat vet that thought otherwise.
Last line is the most important