Option 2. We had to do it. This is one case I don't understand some of the extreme liberals. Japanese brutality up to that point well warranted what we did. More people would have suffered had we not dropped the bombs.
On a side note my grandfather was in the amphibious unit in the Navy and never got deployed. My aunts were already born, but my dad wasn't until 1950. Had they not dropped the bomb, he might have been sent and a very good chance I wouldn't be here.
So, the lives of servicemen are worth more than the lives of innocent civilians?
In this case.. yes. Ever see the Rape of Nanking? These Japanese were brutal and honored death. They did not care about the civilian population of their conquered population at all. They were sick s- bayoneting babies and "comfort stations". Yeah, they had to be dealt with appropriately. Even as a moderate liberal Democrat I feel there are times where we have to use force, sometimes excessive even if it's against innocent civilians. The Japanese would not surrender otherwise and there was no other solution for humanity's sake than to drop both bombs. The threat of total annihilation was the only thing that would have swayed the Emperor.
This is where I'm a little Truman-esque.
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