>>>>>It was a terrible act, hopefully to never be repeated BUT... there's little doubt that more lives were saved, both Japanese and American/allied, by dropping those bombs rather than fighting it to the bitter end.
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>>>>What makes you think that? I can't believe you are saving that it was for the benefit of the Japanese.
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>>>You are VERY good at misrepresenting statements, Evan.
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>>You said "there's little doubt that more lives were saved, both Japanese and American/allied, by dropping those bombs". Frankly I'm shocked you said that.
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>>>The Japanese, I've read and heard, were training school children and grandparents and all in between to fight with staves and pitchforks and whatever else they could get their hands on to protect the homeland.
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>>Credible references please that support your statement that "there's little doubt that more lives were saved, both Japanese and American/allied, by dropping those bombs"
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>>>No bomb, regular or nuclear, ever "benefits" anyone. But the use of those 2 nuclear bombs saved thousands, if not millions, of lives.
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>>I continue to be speechless.
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>I do not have time to give you references but I could. There are many books on the subject as well as documents from the United States military and Federal Government, which support the action that we took.
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>My father was a Marine and fought at The Battle of Okinawa, from April 1 through June 30, 1945. Researching this battle was the most disgusting, frightening thing I have ever read! What was expected after Okinawa was despicable.
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>We can rationalize by today’s value system how wrong it was to drop nuclear bombs on Japan. I do not think that too many of the soldiers wanted to attack Japan after what happened on Okinawa! Just look at the number of civilian and military casualties during this one battle.
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>There were an estimated 150,000 civilian deaths, 100,000–125,000 Japanese or Okinawan military or conscript deaths and over 72,000 American casualties.

EvanD has been too speechless to be able to reply except for the message where he cited a presidential candidate far removed from the war and a U.S. General who was kept out of the loop to "support" that dropping the bombs was not required, and he still evaded the issue of whether those bombs actually saved lives.

I believe your "What was expected after Okinawa was despicable." statement pretty much confirms that the bombs did save countless lives ON BOTH SIDES.