Reply #121: I am not addressing whether nuking civilians was justifiable, only

[John Q. Citizen]

that it was violence on a scale never before or since seen.

And of course we still have far and away more nuclear devices in our arsenal than the whole rest of the world combined.

So we certainly have the capacity to be the most violent nation on earth.

Bennish said we are "probably the single most violent nation on planet Earth," and while that may be debatable, it is certainly not over the top in any sense, nor is it a statement that is somehow indefensible.