OzOne wrote in message

As opposed to dropping A bombs on cities "to save lives"

1. They started the war with us.
2. They vowed to fight to "the death of every Japanese man, woman, and
child," even when it was clearly obvious that they could not win.
3. We would have accomplished the same thing over a period of time with
conventional weapons, had the Japanese not surrendered, which was unlikely.
4. It had to happen. Nuclear weapons had been developed, initially by the
Germans and brought to fruition by the Americans. Someone at some time had
to use a nuke, if for no other reason than to demonstrate to the world the
awesome destructive power of such weapons. The whole concept of MAD (mutual
assured destruction), which kept the cold war from heating up for nearly 40
years, would not have been realized had no one ever dropped "the bomb." It
was an inevitable step in the evolution of international relations, like it
or not.
5. The Japanese deserved it.

Max