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Originally Posted by Makedde
But you cannot say this for sure, because no other option was taken, or considered, before the bomb was dropped. Things could have worked out differently. I don't think so many people needed to die, is all. Is that really so bad an opinion?
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This is simply a factual error. Truman did not want to nuke the Japanese, he only decided to after about a month of deliberation. I don't think so many people should have died, but if it was the minimum, then so be it. And it's not a bad opinion, I just think it's impractically optimistic.