Yeah, the "They had torpedo factories there" argument is a little silly from an argument standpoint. The intent of the atomic bombs was to show that Japan's str

Yeah, the "They had torpedo factories there" argument is a little silly from an argument standpoint. The intent of the atomic bombs was to show that Japan's strategy of "Make the cost of invasion too high to stomach" was becoming less and less viable. They showed this intent by indiscriminately slaughtering civilians and military personnel. Personally, I'm okay with it, mostly because the alternative was invasion, which would have caused a million American casualties and wiped Japan off the face of the map. That would have been unpleasant.