Humm...we might have to agree to disagree. For me, there's a fuzzy line where enough time has passed that actions need to be judged based on what was known, or

Humm...we might have to agree to disagree. For me, there's a fuzzy line where enough time has passed that actions need to be judged based on what was known, or should have been known, at the time. The question for me isn't: Did it actually save lives. The question for me is: Did Truman and Churchill really believe they were saving millions of lives (and, was that a reasonable belief). Which really comes down to: do you believe Truman and Churchill? My parent said (if I understood correctly) that all the justifications he or she has heard "could not be more unconvincing." That you and I are now talking about how many lives did it really save?, does not change the fact that saving American ( / allied ) lives, is not a wholly unjustifiable (or incomprehensible) thing for a US President to consider. Maybe I was just put off my his or her hyperbole.