you disagree, I don't know what is wrong with you. The way that I see it, it is an eye for an eye, and I don't care that a lot of their civilians were killed, it still doesn't make up for what they did. Posted By: Anonymous All of you who disagree are IDIOTS! It would've taken an unimaginable amount of manpower to take Japan. Both sides would've lost millions in a full out battle on Japan instead of the 300,000 thousand who died from the bombs. The Japanese had this coming anyways. If they had taken your hometown, stolen all your belongings, raped your mother and sister, and then burned it to the ground, your opinion would be very different. If you disagree, then I wish if they didn't use the bombs and they did raid Japan with manpower that you were in the frontlines so you could get be blown away along with the millions of other solders. You wouldn't be even be alive right now if it was't for those bombs because the Japanese would have never stopped until they had what they wanted. Posted By: Anonymous For the sake of east and west To start things off, It was Japan who first promoted total war. They sacked Russia, Korea, China, Indonesia, Philippines and a lot more E and SE Asian countries, they raped, massacred, forced puppet governance, enslaved, issued propaganda and looted. They attacked America without any warning, Total War or not, a declaration must first