[MNJohnnie]

Most of the lives saved would of been those the modern political Left weeps loudest about now. The Jews, and other oppressed minorities, in the death camps who would of been liberated much earlier.

The Political Left really is the Hive of Hypocrisy.

[spookie]

I was stationed in Japan during the occupation and traveled extensively throughout the main island. There was almost no place where we could land more than 2-3,000 troops in a reasonable time period. Everyone one of these sites had a extensive crossfire covering capability. No place to land paratroopers. Think about Okinawa and how both civilian and military used the southern cliffs to end their life. The Japanese worshiped their forefathers more than life its self. Thus, there would be numerous incidents of women and children charging our troops with weapons.
It took the Emperor to finally speak to the population via radio in spite of the efforts to prevent him.
Human life at the time did not mean much to them. It took us to teach them about living and change their crazy ways.
We saved many thousands more of Japanese besides our own in dropping the two bombs.