>>Japan was months away from completing their nuclear weapons. Do you think they would have thought twice about using them against us?

The Manhattan Project took years to convert theoretical laboratory experiments to a working bomb, in a secure location the enemy could not reach. In 1945 the Japanese were still conducting uncoordinated laboratory work and had no secure territory left. Months, you say?

Times were different and decisions were made. Today the US is tireless in its promotion of non-proliferation and reduction of the nuclear threat. It's easy enough to pluck accusations out of that, just as it's easy to pluck a criticism of Obama out of a cable from an Ambassador to a minister, if people are so inclined.

I guess the question now is whether people generally support non-proliferation or whether they think it would be cool to convert real or plucked-out enemies to glass.