I and many whose fathers were in the Asian theatre around that time are grateful. And I may not have been born if Enola Gay and Boxcar hadn't had some good bombing runs over Japan.
Bottom line:
1.It is neither moral nor just to target civilian population for mass murder. To argue contrary give credence to the islomafacists.
2. I can understand the "save a million Allied troops" by giving Japan no choice.
3. But, why did we not drop the nuke on Mount Fuji? Blow the top off that beautiful mountain. If I recall correctly, that mountain has special importance to the Japanese nation.
Boxcar = Bock's Car
Me too. Thats the story i always tell my kids also. My dad finished in Europe but they would have sent him to the far east if they had not used "the bomb" . A damn good "war stopper."