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Originally Posted by Joker
It really wasn't necessary. The Japanese had surrendered before the first bomb was dropped, albeit with conditions. The US did not like those conditions, but most of them could have been negotiated away. Although at least one American advisor on Japan said we should negotiate, he was ignored.
The bombs were not dropped to save lives. They were dropped because we wanted to show Russia what we were capable of.
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I do not recal any "surrender with conditions" but even if there was talk of such a thing the Japanee would have dragged the "negotiations" out for such a long time thus giving the Evils Ones ( Soviet Russian Terrorists ) the opportunity to invade Japanese territory. I think that Truman knew well the Soviet threat and he made the righ decision. Futhermore dduring the period of "negotiations" more Americans would have died not to mention our good allies such as the Brits, Ausies, New Zealanders, ( I of course exclude the Evil Ones from the good ally list.