>It is true that such action had to be rationalized in order to support a fictional world in which America rules by virtue rather than deadly force. "Such an a

>It is true that such action had to be rationalized in order to support a fictional world in which America rules by virtue rather than deadly force. "Such an action" is easily rationalized by realizing that in the context of total war, against a fanatical and brutal enemy, dropping atomic weapons on Japan was more humane than the results of letting the war drag on for many more months. The only ones who don't understand that are bleeding-heart revisionists.