[derleth]

> which ultimately resulted in the only nuclear holocaust that ever occurred in the history of humanity

... which, in turn, prevented us from blockading Japan to starve them out a bit in preparation for a massive beach-head assault on the Home Islands, which would likely have been the most massive loss of life in conventional warfare in the history of the human race, and could well have ended the Japanese as a distinct culture and ethnicity.

If you're going to make a point, by all means make it; don't imply the opposite of what you intend.

[pyre]

After the fact, we know that they were about to surrender anyways. Had we avoided the bomb, there would have been no beach-head assault.