Absolutely correct. The bomb was not dropped on Japan to save American lives fighting Japanese. The bomb was dropped to serve notice to Stalin and the Soviets to stay away from Japan and remain at the 38th Parallel in Korea. The atomic bomb was dropped a day before the Soviets were to invade Japan, per Stalin's agreement with Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference of February 1945 (not to invade prior to the passing of six months). One day was a slim margin, and the Americans rushed the atomic bomb to Japan to beat the deadline. The Soviets were pissed at losing the chance to divide a piece of Japan for themselves, but feared our atomic bombs would be directed at them next.
and patton was right, they should have been.