> Here's the rub with that argument though, Japan was not a great power in 1945 Well there is an active (and unresolved) historical debate about whether the bo

> Here's the rub with that argument though, Japan was not a great power in 1945 Well there is an active (and unresolved) historical debate about whether the bombs were justified, but Japan had been a powerful Empire that defeated the UK in Asia and gave the US a run for it's money. It is not comparable to a bunch of rebels however you frame it. > other than to view them as the ultimate insurance policy against humanity's darkest nature Or just an instrument of global stability. How many times would the cold war have gone hot if it wasn't for the fact it would have led to nuclear Armageddon?