Thanks for your reply. One thing I want to point out, because I saw someone else also ask me this:

> [...] help them understand that their neat worldviews (USA bad!)

I don't know about Australian students, but at least I am not saying "USA bad". I'm describing a particular narrative about the atomic bombings as being fueled by the necessity of Americans to sustain their perception of always being the good guys.

For some reason some people read this and conclude I believe the US were the bad guys.

I obviously believe the atomic bombings were a war crime; but more generally, I do not believe the US were the bad guys in WW2. All moral grays and downright immoral actions committed aside, the US was on the good side of that war, and Japan on the bad side. I hope that clears up that part of my position.