Reply #: I agree but

[Yupster]

I have trouble justifying the second bomb just three days ater the first one.

I don't think we gave the Japapanese government time to get down to Hiroshima, get an assessment of what it was dealing with and give it time to get its government together to make such an important decision.

I don't know why they were in such a rush.

Maybe it was to beat the Russians to Korea and parts of Manchuria.

I know we didn't feel we owed the japanese anything, but I wonder why not another week to give them a chance to digest what had happened to them.