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[tonyt53]

56. How many Japanese civilians do you think would have died during an Allied invasion?

The numbers have been estimated to be over 2 million - not troops, but civilians. Add to that at least 400,000 Japanese troops and at least 100,000 Allied troop lives. The Japanese would have not surrendered for at least another year after an Allied invasion.

The people of those cities were warned. Leaflets were dropped telling them that there would be great devastation. But most stayed put. They were told, but still would not heed the warning. Not a chance in hell that they would have surrendered to an Allied invasion. My dad was in three US Marine landings in the Pacific, with the first being the initial US landing on Guadalcanal, where his actions resulted in his receiving the Navy Star. He realized then and there that there was no way the Japanese would surrender. His last landing was at Iwo Jima. His wounds while clearing hidden Japanese on Suribachi ended his war effort and he was sent to Australia to recover and didn't get to come home until six months after the war had ended. That was two months after his own father had passed away.

No, no US politicians or scientists or anybody else was tried for war crimes over those bombs, because they weren't war crimes.

Then you have the audacity to mention a day that should live in infamy. Either you are ignorant or foolish. I think maybe a lot of both.