It is not necessarily a "humane" thing to do (kind of difficult to discuss weapons of mass destruction in these terms) but it may have been a right thing to do.

It is not necessarily a "humane" thing to do (kind of difficult to discuss weapons of mass destruction in these terms) but it may have been a right thing to do. In hindsight, perhaps a less civilian target would be more proper; in a way, more "humane". I grew up in the Soviet Union which was thick with propaganda, of course. On the topic of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they claimed that the US used it simply to show the world and especially the USSR who the boss is. Even now many people in Russia think so (if "think" is the word). You say you went through American public schools; my understanding is that, first, not all teachers force students to adhere to a specific line of thought; second, that many, perhaps a majority of, teachers do not approve of the bombings; and third, that graduates (above a certain level; say, those who go to college) are able to separate what they read in textbooks from their own thoughts. Am I correct here, or is it more of a wishful thinking?