This is a misrepresentation of the situation on the ground facing allied forces. Though with full 20/20 hindsight, we can dig up historical facts and adjust ou

This is a misrepresentation of the situation on the ground facing allied forces. Though with full 20/20 hindsight, we can dig up historical facts and adjust our historical conclusions, Allied forces were obviously not privy to the immediate situation with respect to Soviet forces. Moreover, to suggest that the instantaneous destruction of major bases and cities the likes of which history has never seen shouldn't bee seen as a primary impetus in Japanese decision making is irrational. Japanese Imperialism was effectively a mass murdering machine let loose on the entirety of E/SE Asia and America, and the Americans did the necessary fighting leading to the weakening of the Japanese regime which put them in a state where the threat of some Soviet antagonism would even be a real problem. If the US had not entered the war against Japan, the Soviets wouldn't be much of a real threat. The dropping of the bombs was easily justified, and thankfully, since that moment, there have been fewer and fewer major wars. The odd logic trying to paint the US as somehow antagonists in that situation is anti rational on it's face, it's just petty.