I don't want to get into this in any deep form as I'm too busy at the moment with new classes and a dissertation to write up.

But to keep it simple, I don't think we can excuse dropping 2 nuclear bombs on two cities of mainly civilian people. Japan was on it's last legs prior to the bomb being dropped with blockades and tremendous shortages. Dropping the second bomb was just downright evil.

What would I have done? Well, I must admit that is not something I have considered too much. But I do know that as a human being I would have grave reservations about ever unleashing a nuclear weapon upon scores of people who are just living their everyday lives. Morally I think it is reprehensible. From my general reading of the subject it would seem that Japan was becoming weak and that blockades were having a serious impact. That might have sufficed along with bombing of military targets. But to kill a quarter of a million people with radioactive weapons just to get a job done more quickly? Takes some kind of person to make those kinds of decisions.