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You reap what you sow.

• cema 15y ago
  Well, that seals it for the Japanese. The question is, what about the Americans. Still controversial, after more than six decades. And I think will stay controversial for quite a while.
  • emil0r 15y ago
    What about them? They were in a war and rightly more concerned about the lives of their own soldiers over those who wrongly attacked them, were fanatical in their defenses and were looking to drag the war on as long as possible for as favourable terms as possible in a cease-fire. Had the USA gone down the route of a land invasion it probably would've dragged on for several more months, possibly stretching into years. In the end you would've ended up with a peace treaty with the same war-mongering people in charge as before. Not a recipe for success.
    • dicemoose 15y ago
      "In the end you would've ended up with a peace treaty with the same war-mongering people in charge as before." The Allies conditions for surrender by the Axis powers were for an unconditional surrender. All the Axis powers surrendered unconditionally regardless of whether they took an A-bomb or not.