Anonymous@90130: heheh

Anonymous@27225 : You don't seem to understand what kind of environment existed during World War 2. Millions of people were being killed. Untold billions in economic loss. More Americans would be killed in a few hours than the entire Iraq war today. It was an era that people today really can't comprehend. Who's lives should the United States worry about in a time of maximal effort all-out war??? The Japanese were NEVER worried about saving American lives. They wanted to kill as many Americans as they could. If they had a nuclear weapon you can be sure they would have used it on an American city. (the Germans tried to develop nukes but their labs were blown up in bombing raids) The Japanese were very efficient in genocidal slaughter actually and they proved that in China. One thing they did was develop a virulent form of plague and then infected rats that they released into Chinese villages. Over 11 million Chinese were killed by the Japanese Imperial army. Secondly, the bombs saved Japanese lives by forcing the Emperor to give an order to all Japanese to stand down. Before the bombing, every man woman and child in Japan were preparing to fight to the death with guerrilla warfare. They believed that the United States would not endure the massive casualties that would ensue and would agree to favorable surrender terms. Also, if the war was prolonged, it is estimated that 10 MILLION Japanese would have starved to death. Hundreds of thousands would have been killed by conventional bombing raids. The United States strategic planners knew they needed an economically strong Japan after the war in order to stabilize the region and prevent the spread of Soviet influence. The war needed to be ended quickly before Japan was completely destroyed and the bombs provided that opportunity.
Even if you are correct, and the United States is a self serving imperialist meddler in other countries affairs, the US is a saint compared to Germany, Russia, and Japan. Millions upon millions of people were killed by these regimes. The economic cost to mankind is of course incomprehensible. But people have short memories, and the world seems to view these countries in a brighter light than the Unites States.