dyna_mo we are hijacking this thread...but I'd like to say something to you.
You're not the only educated person on here. And not the best educated either I would suspect. I'm sure there are much more educated folks on here than you or I.
Having said that...I graduated college in 1983.
And one thing that always stuck in my head was our Western Civ professor telling us at the end of the semester that pretty much everything he had taught us was complete bullshit and that "history is written by the victors of wars"
I'd keep that in mind before you get your thoughts set in stone on the subject of the United States dropping atomic bombs on highly populated cities. (not even military targets)
If ANY country ever did that we would immediately brand them a "terrorist nation" and all hell would break lose.
But WE are the only country that has ever done something so horrible.
It's just one of the many reasons that people around the world hate and fear the United States. Our goddamn govt. is a disgrace.
