Jack,

But neither you nor Martin has shown us why we should
consider the casualties of those two bombs as any more regrettable than
the hundreds of thousands caused by Japanese invasions of their
neighbors.


Neither Martin nor I have asked you to consider that, so why should we
explain WHY you should consider that?

The
subject deserves a great deal more thought than most of us have given
it.

I fully agree.

Something you didn't mention in your post is that I think the bombs in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki may well have prevented WW 3, too, since the
"powers that be" (on both sides) would have been much more willing to
press the red button during the height of the cold war had they not fully
seen what their weapons could do.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)