[elpadre]

the blood of those who died as a result of the bombs is not on any American - it is splattered on the Japanese leaders who knowing full well what to expect, refused to surrender.

Those bombs saved not only a generation of American men, but saved even more Japanese lives that would have been lost as a result of the readying invasion of the islands.

Remember the Japan of that day was just as evil as the AlQuaida today - no atrocity their mind could concoct was off the table.

[econjack]

...the blood of those who died as a result of the bombs is not on any American - it is splattered on the Japanese leaders who knowing full well what to expect, refused to surrender.

Exactly. It also shows what can happen when a nation deifies a human being and thinks that person possess divine direction. Blind obedience to any dogma often proves to be a bad idea.