[Udon'tKnowMe]

A nuclear bomb was dropped on a civilian population. If you are ok with that, that's your moral compass, not mine. The less nuclear weapons on the planet, the better. History taught me who dropped a nuclear weapon, who fire bombed Dresden, which isn't to say America is bad, but is to say governments are flesh and bones, good and bad, and none can be "trusted" with weapons of mass destruction. Read a Japanese history book for some perspective.

I would have traded Japanese lives for American lives, exactly what Truman did. Sometimes as President you must make difficult decisions, Truman had the most difficult of all time, but he saved American lives, bottom line. History surely has also taught you that dictatorships are much likely to be agressive and that a democracy has never declared war on another democracy in the history of the world. One can't sucker punch another and cry foul when the defender uses a force you can not handle. I agree that the less nuclear weapons on Earth the better. However, if I had to pick between the two I'd say get rid of the dictatorships and peace will take care of itself in time. Which do you think would be easier to rid the world of? I honestly do not know.