[AzJP]

Or, since the Japanese empire was/had crashed and impotent, we could have easily (easy in 1945) blockaded the island and let them whimper into inertness...without dropping those bombs. We had 'em surrounded. By '45 their air force was down, their navy sunk, and their army hiding in caves.
...'course 'muricans don't think that way. Not then. (Not later at Waco.)
Oh yes, if we'd built a fence around 'em, prison like, and let them figure-out how to feed themselves, McArthur wouldn't have had a job.

[mbynack]

You mean the same approach that we're using on North Korea and Iraq? We would still be fighting WWII if we used that strategy.

[Rebelbase]

Blockading Japan would have accomplished nothing and is a pacifists pipe dream. Read the truth about Japanese Imperial Fanatiscim at the war's end here.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Three-fourths of the Japanese army was still in Manchuria at the end of the war.

[pt17]

You REALLY should study history a little more, especially the accounts of those who were THERE (on both sides).

[sinclair]

Guess what happens when you don't eliminate your enemies? You still have enemies. Pretty simple, no?