It saved both US lives and Japanese lives but the left never gets this historical point.”
Using the 2 atomic weapons was a wonderful thing to do. It was one of the best decisions ever made by this country; I am very proud of anyone involved in the mission or decision.
I am so glad that the hundreds of thousands of US troops that were condemned to die in the invasion of Japan, were spared.
They were instead able to come home and become husbands, fathers, grandfathers, accountants, business owners, etc..
And the same for probably MILLIONS of Japanese.
It also saved us from having to fight in Japan TWICE.
Had we not dropped the bombs, the Soviets would have gotten into the fight and demanded their half of Japan. So we would have had a divided Japan, just like Korea. And the resulting civil war would have made Korea look like a walk in the park.