>>>At that time, the government and military of Japan was almost as fanatical as some of the terrorist groups we see today, and they were prepared to fight until their last soldier.
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>>That wasn't the opinion of everyone, some thought that Japan was on the brink of surrendering.
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>>Even if you could find some justification for the first bomb, use of the second could hardly be justified.
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>The government was still refusing to surrender after the first one.
This extreme attitude is impossible to argue against.
First you state that the US doesn't target civilians, then when it is pointed out that you have a long history of it, you try to justify it. Wiping out 1/4 million civilians with two bombs can never be justified.
Len Speed