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Japan track record during the war is on par with Nazi Germany when it comes to genocide, mass killings of civilians, war of aggression, etc.
And it took two atomic bombs and even then Japan took time to capitulate.
The US could have just blockaded Japan and starved them out but is hundreds of thousands of civilian dead from starvation any better?
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Japan track record during the war is on par with Nazi Germany when it comes to genocide, mass killings of civilians, war of aggression, etc.
And it took two atomic bombs and even then Japan took time to capitulate.
The US could have just blockaded Japan and starved them out but is hundreds of thousands of civilian dead from starvation any better?