Revenge is a Valid Justification for Use of the A-Bombs and Carpet Bombing in WW2

Clearly, to YOU Revenge is not a valid justification for just about anything. I doubt you'd even let me egg my neighbor's home if they borrowed my lawn mower and never gave it back. But of course, just because it is not a valid justification to YOU, does not mean it is not a valid justification to me. To me it's a perfectly valid justification. But that's just being facetious. After all, we're just two individuals, or 3 counting TJ. And so here are a few broader perspectives as to whether or not the A-bomb for revenge is a "valid justification" 1. The Greater Good of the United States. Since we nuked Japan, they have not attacked the United States. Once. Well the truth is, revenge is an excellent justification if we wish to protect American citizens. Look at the revenge we extracted, not just against Japan, but against Vietnam and against Afghanistan. Every time someone bruises America, we return with fists, guns, rockets, bombs, and in the case of Japan, A-bombs. We do not negotiate with terrorists, we destroy them. And truth be told, it seems to have worked rather well for America. Let's compare for a moment American and Israel. When we lost 2 towers, we crippled two nations in the Middle East, executed a world leader, and enforced martial law in different areas of Iraq. Israel on the other hand has kept its hand back, trying all the time to make peace with Palestine, make peace with Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and what has it gotten them? Every time they go for justice, they get attacked, again and again. Clearly the revenge policy is much more effective, and because it's effective, some would say its quite a valid justification. 2. Human nature Revenge is a very human thing. When we're attacked, at a bar for instance, people who step away from the conflict are cowards. Pusillanimous wimps. Is that what you want our country to be? A pusillanimous wimp? This is the United States of America. We don't play nice with our enemies. We don't wimp out of conflicts. We fight back and we go all out. And we do so because it's the human thing to do. To you maybe what's human, what's natural is not "valid". But again, some people would disagree. What's human is in fact "valid" and doing what humans do is quite a "valid justification" 3. Justice Since ancient times, revenge and justice go quite hand in hand. In fact, Justice as a concept derives from revenge. We don't murder those who murder our family members because today, the State carries out our revenge for us. They capture the responsible ones and put them in jail. But when it comes to the conflict between states, there is no larger organization to carry out the revenge/justice as there is between people within a country. And thus, who are you to say the revenge/justice we pursued in Japan and Germany were wrong? There exists no arbitrator. There exists no governing body of law to regulate the extent of appropriate revenge. And therefore it's up to the respective participants to decide what is the appropriate revenge/justice. And we did. The A-bomb. Just because you believe this to be not "valid", well, others just might.