I'd re-title the thread O'reilly is a douche ,what a koolaid sipping fluffer boy.......looked like a bait question and Stewart was speaking off the sleeve,but saying what he really thought with no B.S.but this really is not about Stewart.

That said,talk to some that have lived that era.Entirely different time,mind set and global dealings.You might say that dropping the first bomb had as much to do with backing the Emperor into a corner as it had to do with the politicos in D.C not being able to survive/withstand thousands of dead G.Is washed up on the shores of the mainland.And Russia,yeah I think they were a factor and threat.As history would prove out.