Some facts on dropping the two bombs

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. You are right, it is not true

Fact 4... Which you obviously do not know, targeting in both cities focused on military facilities. Granted, the type of bomb meant that this affected civilians.

Hiroshima was chosen due to its large size, its being "an important army depot" and the potential that the bomb would cause greater destruction due to its being surrounded by hills which would have a "focusing effect".

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_the_US_choose_Hiroshima_as_the_first_target_for_the_atomic_bomb

Here, you go for a little more nuance on this

http://csis.org/blog/understanding-decision-drop-bomb-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

It includes possible alternatives... by the way.

Fact 5...best case Japan was divided in half at the high command about surrender.

You might want to read this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_Incident

There are days I wonder about the willful ignorance in this place. The argument is not whether we were right to drop the bomb... that has been debated since 1947 or so, seriously debated. Given the context of WW II, I don't think you could have stopped it, and if any other of the combatants got it, we might be discussing the destruction of NYC for example.

That was the world that existed at the time. To ignore that is willful ignorance at best. I have more choice words on that.