[TheRealThing]

Truman, he understood what it meant to lead. At the end of WWII Truman made a decision, entirely on his own authority and against the advice of his most senior generals, which saved a great many American lives. "General Douglas MacArthur and other top military commanders favored continuing the conventional bombing of Japan already in effect and following up with a massive invasion, codenamed "Operation Downfall." They advised Truman that such an invasion would result in U.S. casualties of up to 1 million. In order to avoid such a high casualty rate, Truman decided--over the moral reservations of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General Dwight Eisenhower and a number of the Manhattan Project scientists--to use the atomic bomb in the hopes of bringing the war to a quick end. Proponents of the A-bomb--such as James Byrnes, Truman's secretary of state--believed that its devastating power would not only end the war, but also put the U.S. in a dominant position to determine the course of the postwar world." [History.com]

The meaning of "The Buck Stops Here" is lost among modern liberal notions of political correctness, on both sides of the aisle. Presidents of late have lacked the strenght of character to keep America a sovereign power.