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Both this post you sent to me as a response, and your previous post clearly demonstrates you have not fully studied the History of WWII in regards to the US and Japan fighting each other. I do not believe you fully understand the mind set of the Japanese at that point in time in history. Further I want to say, no matter what you think, I am not racially biased against the Japanese. I have had the distinct pleasure of knowing 2 Japanese people in my life, and have found them both to be very gracious and honorable people. The Japanese were no different during WWII than our Nation was during the Civil War. Our Nation was very misguided during the Civil War and so was Japan during WWII.

Yes the use of nuclear weapons was tragic, as was the the deaths of 250,000 men, women and children civilians. However, compare 250,000 deaths to the literally millions that were predicted to die in an all out invasion of not just Americans but Japanese as well. The Japanese Government did in fact plan to send literally millions of Japanese civilians armed with little more than garden rakes and hoes to attack soldiers armed with weapons of all sorts. THIS IS A FACT AS TRUE AS THE SKY IS BLUE.

The Japanese were not going to just admit defeat and surrender, nor were they going to at least leave the fighting to trained soldiers. They were going to send every able bodied man, woman and yes child in to combat without a gun. All you have to do is go to the Library of Congress and look through the old WWII documents, read news paper articles from the time, and watch the old videos from that time. If you do this, you will see everything I said about the Japanese Government's determination to fight to the last man, woman or child standing is true.

In closing, I agree the use of nuclear weapons was tragic. These weapons were rightly used to end an already long and bloody war that was promising to become far more bloody before finally and mercifully ending. I do not think anyone on our side realized just how powerful atomic weapons were until they were used the 2 times in Japan. I believe that is why we can say they have only been used 2 times in the history of war and combat. My sincerest and deepest prayer is that we never find ourselves backed in a corner to have to decide to use these weapons ever again.