Nope. The costs would have been much higher, an estimated 5 million Japanese and another 5 million Allied soldiers if Japan had been invaded and the country swept from top to bottomm.
Was America Evil to Drop Atomic Bombs on Japan? (Tucker Carlson: “If you find yourself arguing that it’s a good thing to drop nuclear weapons on people, then you are evil.”)
I added Tucker’s quote in parentheses, per protocol, because the question is coming up again at BECAUSE of Carlson.
After it got pulled, I redid it without the quote.
…and I’m explaining every 20 posts or so, that the story is really Tucker, not the question. Such is life.