[scottmandue]

Just my two cents,

I used to think dropping the A bomb on Japan was a horrible atrocity.

Then I watched the WWII documentaries over last memorial day and July 4th.

The Japanese soldiers fought to the death to the last man on every tiny island in the pacific as we worked our way to Japan even after their commanders knew the war was a lost cause. While this was happening women and children at home in Japan were training with swords and spears to defend the homeland.

A demonstration of the A-bomb was discussed however we only had two and it would have taken several months to make another.

As far as Europe the Germans had shown traditionaly that in isolated cases when out numbered and over powered they would surrender.