Reply #242: You just go on living in your world where only the US is morally correct enough

[Bonobo]

to use not one but two atomic weapons on a tiny country and I will live in my world.

I repeat, the fact that I am not capable of addressing those questions is not a reasonable justification for your saying that the use of said weapons was justifiable.

What is your analysis? Would a blockade have worked? With startegic bombing or without? At least I am intellectually honest enough to admit I am not a military expert and blow hot air all over the place.

However, a reasonable person would START with the premise that the use of such weapons is an unforgivable affront against humanity (on a moral level) and an unacceptable case of "letting the genie out of the bottle" or setting a terrible precedent (on a geopolitical level). You, on the other hand START with the fact that it was the only option, but show no evidence for that notion, claiming it is incumbent upon ME to show evidence.

I utterly deny this. I think the burden of proof falls upon you and your friend to justify such a horrible act. Not the reverse.