Hiroshima - quit lying to yourselves

[branford]

436. I believe the atomic bombing were both horrific as well as necessary and correct.

Truman had no good choices, and I do not envy him. Would an invasion, continued firebombings, and/or a blockade have been more humane and still have achieved the same goals? Would many of my friends and colleagues have never even been borne if thousands of American servicemen died in combat in Japan when we had the capability to end the war earlier?

I certainly do not know the answers, and fervently wish no future president is faced with such impossible decisions.

I have also never been to NOLA, but I would definitely like to visit the city and museum in the near future.

Lastly, I would note that the men who served in WWII are rapidly passing away, and with them the loss irrecoverable loss of unique insights, emotions and perspectives of what it was like to serve in and live though a total war and witness first-hand the commission of unfathomable war crimes.