>Largely different people would have died, and Truman had to "play God" but I believe that millions of lives were saved. His options sucked.
Truman's options sucked? That's just official US propaganda. Actual history says that the Japanese were in dire condition, have had pretty much surrendered and only asked for some very inconsequential counter-demands in order to officiallly sign their surrender [1].
The US dropped the bomb anyway, and then another, because they were eager to test in on real conditions, and wanted to sent a message to the USSR as the war was coming to an end and the new era of "cold war" began.
[1] Not to mention that they were literally forced to attack the US (in Pearl Harbor) in the first place, by very careful manoeuvring of the US part, that wanted an excuse to enter the war.
>I see, even Pearl Harbor wasn't really their aggression. Was the brutal torture of POW their fault or did we force them to do it?
Their brutal torture of POW and the unbelievable atrocities they did against the Chinese were THEIR (the Japanese's) fault. Their imperialistic ambitions and their treatment of Korea was also THEIR fault.
Why would you expect me to say otherwise?
I guess because then I would just be a pro-Japanese US-hater crazy guy to be easily dismissed.
Only I don't take sides, I just call it as it is (well, at least to my knowledge).
So, yes, the Japanese did awful things in the war. But dropping A-bombs on civilians was also awful, and it was not even justified because of any "he had to do it to end the war" situation.
Truman's options sucked? That's just official US propaganda. Actual history says that the Japanese were in dire condition, have had pretty much surrendered and only asked for some very inconsequential counter-demands in order to officiallly sign their surrender [1].
The US dropped the bomb anyway, and then another, because they were eager to test in on real conditions, and wanted to sent a message to the USSR as the war was coming to an end and the new era of "cold war" began.
[1] Not to mention that they were literally forced to attack the US (in Pearl Harbor) in the first place, by very careful manoeuvring of the US part, that wanted an excuse to enter the war.