It's also worth pointing out that only about a year later we unleashed the most powerful force known to man in the form of a weapon capable of decimating our enemies ten times over.
It was only by virtue of our benevolence and generosity that we didn't destroy them completely but instead accepted their unconditional surrender. We are a kind-hearted people but are not to be trifled with.
While the historical emphasis is on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many other cities including Tokyo were actually obliterated. The economic and human damage in Tokyo exceeded that where the atom bombs were deployed.