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by ThrowawayR2 2547 days ago
> I think a very small percentage of people alive at the time of using nuclear weapons on Japan would have actually done so.

Ever talked to any older Asians from nations who were occupied by the Japanese before and during the war? They would have happily used as many as the United States was willing to provide.

It's amazing how many people forget the immense scale of the atrocities that the Japanese committed before and during WWII, eclipsing even that of the Germans.