I am sure there is a thread like this every August. I think most opinions on this subject are pretty well set--nothing written here is going to change any minds.

I posted the editorial because I thought it was interesting that, in the early post-war era, some leading American conservatives expressed reservations about the use of the atomic bombs in the war. That is very different than the sentiments of conservatives today. What changed? Was this data cherry picked and did most conservatives support the bombings? I didn't know and wondered if someone here did.

As to my opinions of the bombings:

--There is nothing qualitatively different about being killed by a conventional weapon vs a nuclear/atomic weapon.

--Bombing population centers like Dresden, Tokyo, or Hiroshima is of very limited military value.

--Thus, using the A-bombs on a more strictly military target would have been the way I would have gone.

ymmv

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