In a message dated Thu, 8 Mar 2001 8:17:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, "John Garcia"
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Marvin has pretty much said what I would have about Truman.
Some who criticize his action contend that the US would have won
the war against Japan by simply starving the Japanese out though
our submarine blockade of the islands. I can not see why that is a
more acceptable action than a swift decisive blow.
It must also be remembered that the long term consequences of the bomb were totally
unanticipated and largely unimaginable. Even the physicists who built the bomb could
not comprehend its power until they saw it explode. In the Feyneman biography (Genius
by Glick) it is clear that even the most brilliant scientists were obsessed with
ending the war and simply could not comprehend what they had made. How could one
expect Truman, new to the office, pressured to use the bomb not to do so.
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