Matt Wiser wrote:

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I think it's the latter. And as a historian, we're also projecting
today's
ethics and moral dilemmas on events nearly 60 years ago. At the time,
nearly everyone in the US and Britain felt it was necessary.

I like many people on the NG are here because our fathers didn't have to
face the beaches of Honshu or Kyshu. The attitude I have is that of somone
I met who was dying of cancer possibly due to the Nagasaki bomb - he
thought it gave him 40 years he wouldn't have had as a POW (read less then
slave).

regards

jc