Was the use of the atomic bomb against Japan justified?

[Th1onein]

156. I guess I learned a different version of history in college?

This is what we were taught in college, about the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Maybe my professor was wrong and your dad was right? Hmmmm.

By the way, in order to make your point, you don't have to bash anyone. I'm glad your dad made it through, too. But this is what I learned from my college professor, and I believed him then and believe him now.

On Edit, I think you might want to read this excerpt from a post from CommonDreams:

The question of military necessity can be quickly put to rest. "Japan was already defeated and dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary." Those are not the words of a latter-day revisionist historian or a leftist writer. They are certainly not the words of an America-hater. They are the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe and future president of the United States. Eisenhower knew, as did the entire senior U.S. officer corps, that by mid 1945 Japan was defenseless.
From: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0806-25.htm

I guess Dwight Eisenhower experienced a different version of history, too.