Your rendition of WWII is from how history was written. I remember it in actuality. Either rendition can be correct or somewhat skewed. At the time, consensus was the bomb was too terrible and the aftermath was where no one had been before.
The United States had lost enough soldiers.. When Japan attacked the United States, and our ships, with our men and women on them.. Not prepared and overlooking indications of an attack, and it being shown on theater news, Truman was ready to end war or threat of war.. With the bomb. At the time, the thought of dropping it on any city was not a good idea.. It was horrible, but we didn’t start it. Japan would not stop until... They realized..
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
Too bad that the Hamas leadership hasn’t realized that last quote yet...