[seiki]

I believe it was a good decision on the part of the u.s. They saved countless years of island hopping and the loss of many more lives on both sides. They had to bring the war to an abrupt halt and their point was confirmed when russia got the atomic bomb on august 29 just 26 days after the u.s. attacked hiroshima.

I do believe that they could have picked a better place to drop it in japan but the u.s. wasn't the only country to drop a bomb on a relatively quiet town such as the bombing of dresden. The dificult choice made by the u.s. was rewarded by the 1,000,000+ lives that were not ended in island jumping.