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Hot topic indeed, good post Gary!
I am absolutely devastated at the death and destruction these weapons caused. However, without them, it is absolutely certain that more people would have died (both sides) if an invasion of Japan had to be undertaken.
In perspective.....More people died in the fire bombings of Tokyo or at the hands of the Japanese in Nanking!
The biggest crime was that the Emperor was not tried for war crimes. History is written by the victors. McNamara mentions this and the decisions to drop the atomic bombs in the "The Fog of War" a very good doco.
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