One day the U.S. decides that those Chinese sons of a **** are going down. So we decide to shoot a nuke at them. Then China is like **** **** Who is shooting at us? Oh well fire missiles." Then France is like, **** guys, the missiles our coming, fire our **** "But I am le tired." "Well have a nap, THEN FIRE THE MISSILES!" Meanwhile Australia is like "WTF mate?". India and Pakistan launch nukes. So now we have missiles flying everywhere passing each other. Russia is like AH MOTHERLAND!! England is like "Buy that tone eh chaps? Oy". So the U.S. is like "**** we're dumbasses", Canada is like "What's going on eh?" And Australia is still like "WTF?". Mars is laughing at us and some huge meteor is like "Well **** that". Then the nuclear winter comes and we all die.

Too bad he missed.

I give credit though for the guy trying.

And to think a president once said on Thanksgiving,

"May we ask guidance in more surely learning the ancient truth that greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches can never bring lasting happiness or good to the individual or to his neighbors.

May we be grateful for the passing of dark days; for the new spirit of dependence one on another; for the closer unity of all parts of our wide land; for the greater friendship between employers and those who toil; for a clearer knowledge by all nations that we seek no conquests and ask only honorable engagements by all peoples to respect the lands and rights of their neighbors; for the brighter day to which we can win through by seeking the help of God in a more unselfish striving for the common bettering of mankind."

Well I guess the times have changed in this country. Greed has taken over a lot of peoples lives. It's sad really, but I'm not suprised by it anymore.

Truman was in a hard spot, he basically had no choice.

Japan did have a chance to surrender before we dropped the first atomic bomb, not sure if it was fat man or little boy.(BTW what kind of names are those for an atomic bombs?)

Invading the Japanese on their homelands would of cost hundreds of thousands of lives and millions of Japanese lives, look at Iwo Jima and other Japanese main islands, they were bloodbaths for both sides of the war.

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in a cowardly suprised attack, that lead to a bloody four years of conflict with the U.S. 

American POWs had been tortured by the Japenese soldiers, and their citizens were supporting the Japanese warmachine in its conquest of the world.

Japan was the aggresor of the war and America was the finisher.

Truman faced the very real problem that the Japan worshipped their emperor, Hirohito, like he was a god. 

The nuclear age opened the eyes of the Japanese that continuing a war with the U.S. was suicide.

Most people would of done the same if they were in Truman's shoes. 

I like the old forums better.

But eventually I'll get used to these wide forums.