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^so we are supposed to save enemies lives above our own simply because in certain lights it seemed morally unjustifiable?

Im sorry, its just that no matter how unjustifiable it seems, the fact that we had to drop TWO with several day grace periods before there emperor decided hed surrender spoke volumes about that countries dedication in fighting to the last man. Hell, every able bodied civilan felt it their duty to blatently run into gunfire in the name of japan and the emperor. I believe the only reason they even did surrender was because the nuke was such a massive weapon the jappanese government had no idea how to handle it. What would have been worse? Nuke a few city blocks or start a full scale six month land invasion where civilians would have fought and died? Im not saying it was morally right conan, but it was a very hard choice on us and we had to save the most lives, regardless of their ethnicity.