Boy is that wrong. The nuclear attacks on Japan were strategic. Period.
Calling it terrorism is insane.
Calling it terrorism is insane.
Why? Terrorism is killing non-combatants (and any other available targets) in order to motivate a national command authority to do the right thing (surrender, LOL!). Psychology is important. Nagasaki was necessary to convince the national command authority in question that Hiroshima was not a one-off.
Whether terrorism's good or bad depends on the national command authority in question. But let's not get confused about the label!
Ending the war early probably saved a lot of lives, net, on both sides. But that's a subject for endless debate.
The proper takeaway should be, attack America and get stomped as hard as stomped can be! Then let the historians sort it out.Tthe courts can go to hell, because the USA will win!