Assuming arguendo that they were minor, had we chosen to do so we would have lengthened the war, putting many innocent Americans, including my father and many other good men, who never fired a shot in anger and who were truly innocent, in harm's way. I remain steadfast in my position that dropping the bomb on both cities was the right thing to do. I regret the loss of innocent life but in my opinion it was better to cause those deaths than to cause the many more deaths that would have resulted had we not dropped the bombs.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!