RW> I'm sure he took into account the 'rape of Nanking' and other such
RW> brutalities. Dropping that bomb helped to save lives, more than it did to
RW> kill people. I would have had a hard time dealing with that decision too,
RW> as I assume Truman did. But in the end, dropping that bomb meant that at
RW> least 1 million GIs wouldn't die trying to invade a country whose people
RW> were known to die fighting. The Nagasaki bomb was probably even harder on
RW> him.
 
I also think it was one of those damned if you do and damned if you don't
situations.  We had to wipe out a mentality that should have been obsolete.
Cary Grant had a great line about that in Destination Tokyo.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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--- D'Bridge 3.31