On Sep 17, 6:38*am, John Smith wrote:
On 9/17/2010 6:30 AM, John Smith wrote:

...
Well, I don't know about that kind of "Bomb Worship." However, I am
pretty certain, it did save me from speaking japanese--I am thankful for
that ...

Regards,
JS

Well, did I mention, it saved a lot of lives too ... I am thankful for that.

Regards,
JS

Reportedly the MIL-INTEL that Prez Truman was given
to help him make the Decision to Drop the A/H Bombs
or not was that :
1 - Using the Bombs would Break the Will of the
Japanese to continue to Fight and Defend their
Mainland like they did Okinawa.
2 - Not using the Bombs would mean that the USA
and the Allies would have to Fight the Japanese both
Military and Civilian in their Home Island with the
potential cost of a Million or more Japanese Civilian
Lives along with a 100K or more US MIL causalities.

Prez Truman decided to Drop the Bombs and yes
doing so did save a million or more Deaths on both
sides.

Note - MacArthur's Post-War Occupation Intelligence
discover from the Japanese Military that the US's
prior estimates were low and the Japanese were
prepared ready to Fight more and longer; and the
causalities may have been doubled into the Millions.
The Japanese thinking was that the Japanese could
Fight the US & Allies to a stalemate on their Home
Islands and Win a Cease Fire and an Armistice
versus a Complete Surrender and Occupation by
the US & Allies. -wrt- N&S Korea later in 1953

~ RHF