On Sep 17, 4:48*pm, dave wrote:
John Smith wrote:

I love when fools attempt to rewrite history ...

I love it when people believe the "conventional wisdom". It makes it
easier to manipulate them.

We bombed Japan TWICE to send a message to Joe Stalin. *Had nothing to
do with the Japanese, who were ready to surrender without us needing to
take ground.

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