[doggieboy]

Cause he had it?

[curtisgardner]

no because he had to

[cvq3842]

The article basically says that secret intercepts revealed that the Japanese were not close to surrendering and were preparing a massive military buildup to counter an invasion that might have made that invasion impossible.

I also remember hearing that he made up his mind after someone asked him "what will you say at the impeachment hearings when they ask why you could have ended the war quickly and didn't?"

[TET1968]

The reason the French don't rule Europe is because, a couple of Wellington's cannons were not spiked when Ney's charge over-ran them.

The point? So what.

[alisasny]

My darling son is going to be 13 this August 6th,,,talking about bombs...

Seriously though I remind him every year and give him a new article to read about this historic day of both his birth and Hiroshima and this one I shall print out now.

Thanks for a great find.